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William Shakespeare on Veterans Day

1564–1616 England

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Hippolyta, I woo’d thee with my sword
And won thy love doing thee injuries.

Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath.

I, that with my sword
Quartered the world.

Why, courage then! what cannot be avoided
'Twere childish weakness to lament or fear.

I will not fight with a pole, like a northern man. I’ll slash, I’ll do it by the sword.

Advance our standards, set upon our foes Our ancient world of courage fair St. George Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons.

I drunk him to his bed,
Then put my tires and mantles on him, whilst
I wore his sword Philippan.

Antony and Cleopatra (1607)

He is a soldier fit to stand by Cæsar
And give direction.

Othello (1603)

The tyrant custom, most grave senators,
Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war
My thrice-driven bed of down.

Othello (1603)

God's soldier be he!
Had I as many sons as I have hairs,
I would not wish them to a fairer death:
And so his knell is knoll'd.

Macbeth (1605)

Thou thought'st to help me; and such thanks I give
As one near death to those that wish him live.

There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to,
That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,
More pangs and fears than wars or women have.

Henry VIII (1613)

His sword, Death’s stamp,
Where it did mark, it took.

Coriolanus (1608)

He in peace is wounded, not in war.

The Rape of Lucrece (1594)

A gallant curtal-axe upon my thigh.

As You Like It (1603)

Arm'd at point exactly, cap-à-pie.

Out, sword, and to a sore purpose!

Scarce blood enough in all their sickly veins
To give each naked curtle-axe a stain,
That our French gallants shall today draw out,
And sheathe for lack of sport.

Died with their swords in hand.

Cymbeline (1611)

My sword hacked like a handsaw.

Attribution

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