To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch, but merely a provocative epigram for those who must make their arrangements in the world as given.

John Updike

Self-Consciousness

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Topic

War

Author

John Updike

Source

Self-Consciousness

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Updike, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989, ch. 4.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [For Milo], translated by D. H. Berry. Oxford University Press, 2009, sect. 11.