Peaceable Army

Famous quotes containing the words peaceable and/or army:

“What I loved in the man was his health, his unity with himself; all people and all things seemed to find their quite peaceable adjustment with him, not a proud domineering one, as after doubtful contest, but a spontaneous-looking peaceable, even humble one.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

“An army is maintained for a thousand days all to be used on one morning.”
—Chinese proverb.