Battle Quotes - Page 29
Let him not boast who puts his armor on as he who puts it off, the battle done.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1988). “Selected Poems”, p.277, Penguin
Henry Van Dyke (1920). “The Poems of Henry Van Dyke”
If a man only likes victory he must always come late for the battle.
Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.254, Simon and Schuster
The Lion and the Unicorn pt. 1, sec. 4 (1941) SeeWellington 7
Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
"Meleager". Play by Euripides, 418 BCE.
"Atlantic Game Fishing". Book by S. Kip Farrington Jr., 1937.
Elizabeth Bowen (1950). “Collected Impressions”
Edwin Lefèvre (2004). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, p.26, John Wiley & Sons
Edith Wharton (2013). “House of Mirth and the Age of Innocence”, p.538, Simon and Schuster
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
In Frances, Lady Shelley 'Diary' p. 102