Quote#War
For he who fights and runs away
Quote byOliver Goldsmith · 1728–1774
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Art of Poetry on a New Plan (1761), vol. ii. p. 147..
English (original)
For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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