Every lover is a soldier and has his camp in Cupid.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
Soldiers are sworn to action; they must win Some flaming, fatal climax with their lives. Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin They think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives.
—Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967) English Poet, Writer, Soldier
Every soldier carries a marshall’s baton in his pack.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
The soldiers fight and the kings are called heroes.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.
—Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899–1977) American Educational Philosopher
We are parlor soldiers. The rugged battle of fate, where strength is born, we shun.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
As an old soldier, I admit the cowardice: it’s as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them.
—Vladimir Horowitz (1904–89) Russian-born American Musician, Composer
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
—Common Proverb
An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809) American Nationalist, Author, Pamphleteer, Inventor
I never expect a soldier to think.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty.
—Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–99) American Lawyer, Orator, Agnostic
There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–67) French Poet, Art Critic, Essayist, Translator
The first who was king was a fortunate soldier: Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
—Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author
Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.
—Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Lawyer
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
—George Washington (1732–99) American Head of State, Military Leader
Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.
—Desmond Morris (b.1928) English Ethologist, Writer
The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.
—Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) Italian Head of State, Politician
If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks
—Frederick II of Prussia (1712–86) Prussian Monarch
I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.
—Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) American Head of State
The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle.
—Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German Poet, Writer
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
Let the soldier yield to the civilian.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.
—Charles Spurgeon (1834–92) English Baptist Preacher
When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will.
—Frederic Bastiat (1801–50) French Political Economist
Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn’t like that attitude.
—Bill Mauldin (1921–2003) American Cartoonist, Satirist
The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers.
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English Novelist
In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.
—H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) American Journalist, Literary Critic
The best soldiers are not warlike
—Chinese Proverb
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