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> [I have seen men march to the wars, and then I have watched their homeward tread, and they brought back bodies of living men, But their eyes were cold and dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-vance-cooke/i-have-seen-men-march-to-the-wars-and-then-i-have-watched-their/)

[Edmund Vance Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-vance-cooke/)

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## More by Edmund Vance Cooke

> [Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-vance-cooke/don-t-fight-with-the-pillow-but-lay-down-your-head-and-kick-every/)

[Edmund Vance Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-vance-cooke/)

> [Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce Or a trouble is what you make it, And it isn't the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-vance-cooke/oh-a-trouble-s-a-ton-or-a-trouble-s-an-ounce-or-a-trouble-is-what-you/)

[Edmund Vance Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-vance-cooke/)

> [I have seen men march to the wars, and then I have watched their homeward tread, and they brought back bodies of living men,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-vance-cooke/i-have-seen-men-march-to-the-wars-and-then-i-have-watched-their/)

[Edmund Vance Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-vance-cooke/)

> [So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay To have tricked temptation and turned it away, But wait, my friend, for a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-vance-cooke/so-you-tell-yourself-you-are-pretty-find-clay-to-have-tricked/)

[Edmund Vance Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-vance-cooke/)

> [You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-vance-cooke/you-are-beaten-to-earth-well-well-what-s-that-come-up-with-a-smiling/)

[Edmund Vance Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-vance-cooke/)

> [Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries Is not the goal but the exercise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-vance-cooke/perhaps-the-reward-of-the-spirit-who-tries-is-not-the-goal-but-the/)

[Edmund Vance Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-vance-cooke/)

> [But maybe prayer is a road to rise, A mountain path leading toward the skies To assist the spirit who truly tries. But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-vance-cooke/but-maybe-prayer-is-a-road-to-rise-a-mountain-path-leading-toward-the/)

[Edmund Vance Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-vance-cooke/)

> [“Did you tackle that trouble that came your way With a resolute heart and cheerful? Or hide your face from the light of day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-vance-cooke/did-you-tackle-that-trouble-that-came-your-way-with-a-resolute-heart/)

[Edmund Vance Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-vance-cooke/)

> [Kisses kept are wasted; love is to be tasted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-vance-cooke/kisses-kept-are-wasted-love-is-to-be-tasted/)

[Edmund Vance Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-vance-cooke/)

> [You may batter your way through the thick of the fray, You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt; You may be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-vance-cooke/you-may-batter-your-way-through-the-thick-of-the-fray-you-may-sweat/)

[Edmund Vance Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-vance-cooke/)

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