NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Giuseppe? Everything he says is wrong. GIUSEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right.
As an old soldier I admit the cowardice : it's as universal as sea sickness, and matters just as little.
I never expect a soldier to think.
A soldier is an anachronism of which we must get rid.
As an old soldier, I admit the cowardice: it's as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little.
You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.
The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.