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And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
A better buckler I can soon regain,
But who can get another life again?

by Archilochus Found in: Life Quotes, War Quotes,
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They shall not pass till the stars be darkened:
Two swords crossed in front of the Hun;
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They shall not pass till the stars be darkened:
Two swords crossed in front of the Hun;
Never a groan but God has harkened,
Counting their cruelties one by one.

by Katharine Lee Bates Found in: War Quotes,
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Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

by Edmund Burke Found in: War Quotes,
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To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer read more

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.

by Tzu Sun Found in: War Quotes,
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War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

by Albert Pike Found in: War Quotes,
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The real war will never get in the books.

The real war will never get in the books.

by Walt Whitman Found in: War Quotes,
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It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. •Douglas MacArthur All read more

It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. •Douglas MacArthur All great civilisations, in their early stages, are based on success in war. •Kenneth Clark You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. •Jeannette Rankin War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

by Douglas Macarthur Found in: War Quotes,
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

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