Pitched Battle

Famous quotes containing the words pitched battle, pitched and/or battle:

    “Of the quaking recruit, three pitched battles make a grim grenadier; and he who shrank from the muzzle of a cannon, is now ready to yield his mustache for a sponge.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “Of the quaking recruit, three pitched battles make a grim grenadier; and he who shrank from the muzzle of a cannon, is now ready to yield his mustache for a sponge.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “No battle is worth fighting except the last one.”
    —J. Enoch Powell (b. 1912)