“Sredni Vashtar went forth, His thoughts were red thoughts and his teeth were white. His enemies called for peace, but he brought them death. Sredni Vashtar the Beautiful. Saki
“Seek out—less often sought than found— A soldier’s grave, for thee the best; Then look around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest. George Noel Gordon (Lord Byron)
“Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.Winston Churchill
“Foemen at morn, but friends at eve— Fame or country least their care: (What like a bullet can undeceive!) Herman Melville
“Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae. George Noel Gordon (Lord Byron)