Every man Quote by Frank S Nugent

And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to…

— Anonymous

“I was a soldier. It is like a dream. When even the bones is gone in the desert the dreams is talk to you,…

— Cormac McCarthy

“I shut my eyes and turned them on my heart, As a man calls for wine before he fights, I asked one draught of…

— Robert Browning

“My captain on the snowy horse He's coming back to take me home (He's coming back to take me home) He'll find me fighting…

— Owl City

“Old soldiers never die, they write novels.”

— James Jones

“These are my soldiers. Standing single-file line in their assembly uniforms. Black shirts, black pants, black boots. No guns. Left fist pressed against their…

— Tahereh Mafi

“You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth…

— Siegfried Sassoon

“Mawdryn stared at the Brigadier with such a look of pain and longing. For a moment the old soldier's mind went back thirty-five years…

— Peter Grimwade

“The troops also edged toward that timeless state common to veteran armies in which the men trusted no one less wretched than themselves. Still…

— Rick Atkinson

“Old soldiers never die - they're just thrown on the scrap heap!”

— Pat Mills

“The army leaves me time to think, and saves me from the battle of life.”

— D.H. Lawrence

“tombstones! What kind of McFadden would I be if I turned away from 'em. My Grandad an' pa would shed a tear at the…

— Randolph Lalonde