A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves

Quote by German Proverb

Topics: Army Quotes, War Quotes

Not to be ashamed of sin is to sin double

Not to be ashamed of sin is to sin double

Too much luck is bad luck

Too much luck is bad luck

The cats that drive the mice away are as good as they that catch them

The cats that drive the mice away are as good as they that catch them

Those who don't pick roses in summer won't pick them in winter either

Those who don't pick roses in summer won't pick them in winter either

Beauty is a good letter of introduction

Beauty is a good letter of introduction

It's not healthy to swallow books without chewing.

It's not healthy to swallow books without chewing.

Money lent to a friend must be recovered from an enemy.

Money lent to a friend must be recovered from an enemy.

A teacher is better than two books.

A teacher is better than two books.

An old man loved is a winter with flowers

An old man loved is a winter with flowers

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish...

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish...

To change and to change for the better are two different things.

To change and to change for the better are two different things.

There is no one luckier than he who thinks himself so

There is no one luckier than he who thinks himself so

Envy eats nothing but its own heart

Envy eats nothing but its own heart

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

He who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy

He who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy

Loquacity and lying are cousins

Loquacity and lying are cousins

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Liars need good memories

Liars need good memories

Here lies Captain Ernest Bloomfield Accidentally shot by his Orderly, March 2nd, 1789 Well done,...

Here lies Captain Ernest Bloomfield Accidentally shot by his Orderly, March 2nd, 1789 Well done,...