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1 " To say that the first casualty of war is truth is to miss the rather more important point that a principal weapon of war is lies. "
2 " In war, the first casualty is truth. "
― Terry Hayes , I Am Pilgrim
3 " Truth is the first casualty of war. "
― Sophie Masson , 1914 (Australia's Great War, #1)
4 " In a war, the first casualty is human dignity. "
― Paulo Coelho , The Spy
5 " Art was the first casualty of the Socialist and Communist revolutions of the 20th Century. Socialists killed the independent thinkers first. "
― A.E. Samaan
6 " Love is always the first casualty of a religious war, the second is Truth and the third...Humanity. "
― Jason Versey
7 " When love dies and marriage lies in ruins, the first casualty is honest memory, decent, impartial recall of the past. Too inconvenient, too damning of the present. It's the spectre of old happiness at the feast of failure and desolation. So, against that headwind of forgetfulness I want to place my little candle of truth and see how far it throws its light. "
― Ian McEwan , Nutshell
8 " It gets harder as times go by, because memory is the first casualty of manic depression. When I'm manic, all I remember is the moment. When I'm depressed, all I remember is the pain. The surrounding details are lost to me. "
9 " Peace is the first casualty in every ambition. "
― Shinde Sweety , Arjun: Without a Doubt
10 " In time of war the first casualty is truth. "
