Character: Henri Beyle. Page 2

The technique of military reports is closely connected with the need for such reports and false pictures, which fundamentally distort military reality.

Life is good only when the center of gravity becomes that which will not be taken away from me.

The new age brings new forms of life. An era of great labor is coming, but, unfortunately, everyone who surrounds me now thinks only about profit. Take away their money and they will be miserable. Deprive these useless people of the thirty-thousandth rent - and they will instantly perish.

Serf life is disgusting to the peasant: he does not care where to die - in the master's stable or on the battlefield.

A peculiar calculation of property! The wealth of the landlords, in most cases soulless cattle, is determined by such a strange concept as the soul. What a huge difference between the Russians I saw in Paris! These are elegant people, very amiable and even brilliant in mind. But what are they turning into in their homeland, in their villages!

No war should not prevent the peoples from each other.