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Honorable Retreats Are No Ways Inferior To Brave Charges, As Having Less Fortune, More Of Discipline, And As Much Valor.
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Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having
less fortune, more of discipline, and as much valor.
-- Major General Sir William Napier, Peninsular War [1810]
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Napoleon's troops fought in bright fields, where every helmet caught some gleams of glory
but the British soldier conquered under the cool shade of aristocracy....
War is Hell. -- General William Sherma
Bravely bold Sir Robin, rode forth from Camelot, He was not afraid to die
Oh Brave Sir Robin, He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin....
The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.
-- Sir William Bragg...
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine.
It is only those who have neither fired a shot, nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for more blood, more vengeance, more desolation....
There are two ways to get rich: You can make more or require less.
War spares not the brave, but the cowardly. -- Anacreo
Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- To the Lord General Cromwell...