Soldiers Die

Famous quotes containing the words soldiers and/or die:

“The soldier here, as everywhere in Canada, appeared to be put forward, and by his best foot. They were in the proportion of the soldiers to the laborers in an African ant-hill.... On every prominent ledge you could see England’s hands holding the Canadas, and I judged from the redness of her knuckles that she would soon have to let go.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Adultery? Thou shalt not die. Die for adultery!
No, the wren goes to’t, and the small gilded fly
Does lecher in my sight. Let copulation thrive.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)