Quote#Death
So as through a glass, and darkly
Quote byGeorge S. Patton · 1885–1945
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Through A Glass, Darkly (1918).
English (original)
So as through a glass, and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names, but always me. And I see not in my blindness What the objects were I wrought, But as God rules o'er our bickerings It was through His will I fought. So forever in the future, Shall I battle as of yore, Dying to be born a fighter, But to die again, once more.
— George S. Patton
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