My center is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking.

Mon centre céde, ma droite recule, situation excellente, j'attaque.

Ferdinand Foch

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Topic

Aggression Battle

Speaker

Ferdinand Foch

Language

French

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

Occupation

General Soldier

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Foch, Ferdinand. Message sent during the first Battle of the Marne. 8 Sept. 1914.

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It's what we learn after we think we know it all that counts.

Frank McKinney Hubbard

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Life lessons Personal growth

Author

Frank McKinney Hubbard
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hubbard, Frank McKinney. "Abe Martin Says." The Fairmount News, c. 1913.

Another quote from 1914

If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England.

Rupert Brooke

The Soldier

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Topic
World War I

Author

Rupert Brooke
Source
The Soldier
Medium
Poem
Genre
War poetry
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Soldier." 1914 and Other Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915, I. 1.

Current Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Soldier." The Poems of Rupert Brooke. Dover Publications, 2020, I. 1.

Another quote originally in French

Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic
Painting Purpose of art Art
Speaker
Pablo Picasso
Medium
Interview
Language
French
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Picasso, Pablo. "Picasso n'est pas officier dans l'armee Francaise." Interviewed by Simon Tery. Les Lettres Francaise, 24 Mar. 1945.