"The number of medals on an officer's breast……" — Charles Edward Montague
"The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line."
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Charles Edward Montague
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10 Quotes by Charles Edward Montague
Charles Edward Montague has 10 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
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War hath no fury like a non-combatant.
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To be amused by what you read - that is the great spring of happy quotations.
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A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, repute possesses you when you…
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Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping…
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To possess your soul in patience, with all the skin and some of the flesh burnt off your face and…
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A gifted small girl has explained that pins are a great means of saving life, "by not swallowing them.
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Take delight in a thing, or rather in anything, not as a means to some other end, but just because…
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There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who…
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To be amused at what you read - that is the great spring of quotation.
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More Breast Quotes
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one of 547 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end up with a fat, greedy…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Breast-feeding is the natural, optimal way to feed a child.
— Mayim Bialik
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O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful…
— Anne Boleyn
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I think they say that when you're breast feeding, you know, your weight kind of slims down. It's a little…
— Christina Aguilera
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I had been afraid of breast cancer, as I suspect most women are, from the time I hit adolescence. At…
— Geraldine Brooks
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One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were…
— Robert Browning
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People say, 'You're still breast-feeding, that's so generous.' Generous, no! It gives me boobs and it takes my thighs away!…
— Helena Bonham Carter
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No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a…
— Marie Antoinette
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Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can.…
— Joan of Arc
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My mom [has] always been my hero. Watching her experience something like breast cancer was pivotal, I think in my…
— Emma Stone
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A person who suffers bitterly when slighted or insulted should recognize from this that he still harbors the ancient serpent…
— Symeon the New Theologian
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated. Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done…
— Erica Jong
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