Author: Manfred von Richthofen

Quotes

My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.

My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.

- Manfred von Richthofen

Now I am within thirty yards of him. He must fall. The gun pours out its stream of lead. Then it jams. Then it reopens fire. That jam almost saved his life.

Now I am within thirty yards of him. He must fall. The gun pours out its stream of lead. Then it jams. Then it reopens fire. That jam almost saved his life.

- Manfred von Richthofen

I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.

I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.

- Manfred von Richthofen

In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable.

In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable.

- Manfred von Richthofen

We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.

We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.

- Manfred von Richthofen

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