War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull

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War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull

-- Mark Twain

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