And love Quote by Charles Dickens

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

— John Dryden

“A soldier had his duty to perform and he did it. It might mean hunger and thirst and exhaustion.”

— C.M. Curtis

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

— Duke of Wellington

“(sergeant thinking about an excellent detective who's threatening to quit) For a squad sergeant, having Worden working for you was like having sex: When…

— David Simon

“As the wine went down in the bottles, patriotism arose in the three men. And when the wine was gone they went down the…

— John Steinbeck

“If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst. [One may know the condition of…

— Sun Tzu

“The soldiers had uncovered the cargo of a second wagon—which was composed entirely of beer and mead. “Kurt! You’re on duty!” Friedrich shouted over…

— K.M. Shea

“The interesting thing, to the Sergeant, was how these stories were at least in one way quite true to life: you didn’t know whether…

— Nick Harkaway

“At one dinner he [George Smith Patton] toasted his officers’ wives with the words: ‘My, what pretty widows you’re going to make.”

— Andrew Roberts

“Soldiers, all men in fact, are natural hero worshipers. Officers with a flare for command realize this and emphasize in their conduct, dress and…

— Robert L. Moore

One of George Washington's main concerns was to make sure that his soldiers had adequate supplies of meat: A part of the army has…

— George Washington

“To be a soldier in combat was to fall in love constantly,”

— David Finkel