A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads.
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.
Every lover is a soldier.
But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality, every trade, every character and quality you can imagine, and that was a good experience.
Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.
Curious people who have become accustomed to think that one cannot sustain the moral of the army without giving it the freedom to shed blood from time to time.
Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.
Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.