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Samuel Butler on Veterans Day

1612–1680 England

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There 's but the twinkling of a star
Between a man of peace and war.

Part II (1664)

Ay me! what perils do environ
The man that meddles with cold iron!

Part I (1663)

A skilful leech is better far
Than half an hundred men of war,
So he appear'd; and by his skill,
No less than dint of sword, cou'd kill.

Part I (1663)

For those that run away, and fly,
Take place at least o’ th’ enemy.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

In all the trade of war, no feat
Is nobler than a brave retreat.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Bloody wars at first began,
The artificial plague of man,
That from his own invention rise,
To scourge his own iniquities.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

There’s but the twinkling of a star
Between a man of peace and war;
A thief and justice, fool and knave,
A huffing off’cer and a slave;
A crafty lawyer and a pickpocket,
A great philosopher and a blockhead;
A formal preacher and a player,
A learn’d physician and man-slayer.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel Butler (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.