It seems to me as good as certain that we cannot get the upper hand against England. The English — the best race in the world — cannot lose! We, however, can lose and shall lose, if not this year then next year. The thought that our race is going to be beaten depresses me terribly, because I am completely German.


Writing about the eventual outcome of World War I, in which he was a volunteer in the Austro-Hungarian army (25 October 1914), as quoted in The First World War (2004) by Martin Gilbert, p. 104

Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes

It seems to me as good as certain that we cannot get the upper hand against England. The English — the best race in the world — cannot lose! We,...

It seems to me as good as certain that we cannot get the upper hand against England. The English — the best race in the world — cannot lose! We,...

It seems to me as good as certain that we cannot get the upper hand against England. The English — the best race in the world — cannot lose! We,...

It seems to me as good as certain that we cannot get the upper hand against England. The English — the best race in the world — cannot lose! We,...