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Soldier Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has…
- Men go to sea, before they know the unhappiness of that way of life; and when they have come to know it, they cannot escape…
- A soldier's time is passed in distress and danger, or in idleness and corruption.
- It is not the desire of new acquisitions, but the glory of conquests, that fires the soldier's breast; as indeed the town is seldom worth…
- The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is…
- Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.
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- Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a… — Otto von Bismarck