Quotes on Old Soldiers

The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.

As an old soldier, I admit the cowardice: it's as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

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.

And, moreover, when it happens that both are sincere and good, nothing will mix and amalgamate more easily than an old priest and an old soldier. In reality, they are the same kind of man. One has devoted himself to country upon earth, the other to his country in heaven; there is no other difference.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.