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A soldier's a man,
O, man's life's but a span,
Why then, let a soldier drink.
(William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Iago, in Othello, act 2, sc. 3, l. 71-3.
A "span" is literally a hand's breadth from thumb to little finger; here a short time, as in 38:5 (Book of Common Prayer); the phrase "life's but a span" became proverbial.)
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A soldier firm and sound of heart.
(William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Pistol, in Henry V, act 3, sc. 6, l. 25.
Praising Bardolph, who is to be hanged for stealing from a church.)
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Advantage is a better soldier than rashness.
(William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Montjoy, in Henry V, act 3, sc. 6, l. 120.
Better to wait for a favorable opportunity than act rashly in war; so the French king makes the best of losing Harfleur to the English.)
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Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.
(John Dryden (1631-1700), British poet, dramatist, critic. Alexander's Feast.)
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Ambition (The soldier's virtue).
(William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Ventidius, in Antony and Cleopatra, act 3, sc. 1, l. 22-3.)
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Every lover is a soldier.
(Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 B.C.-A.D. 17/18), Roman poet. Amores, 1.9. 1.)
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Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.
(Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), British author, lexicographer. Quoted in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, April 10, 1776 (1791).)
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Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt.
(William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Ross, in Macbeth, act 5, sc. 9, l. 5.
On Young Siward, killed in battle.)
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