Quotable

[Centurion1]

"In peace, sons bury their father. In war, father bury their sons."
-Herodotus

good one. i think i've seen it somewhere.......... *cough* RTW *cough*

[rotorgun]

Here are some good ones about artillery I found on the Wiki search.

* Our artillery... The Germans feared it almost more than anything we had.
o Ernie Pyle, Brave Men (1944)

* Ultima Ratio Regum
o Translation: the final argument of kings.
o Motto engraved on French cannons at the direction of Louis XIV. Later, "ultima ratio regis" was similarly used by Frederick the Great.

* "Artillery adds dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl."
o Napoléon Bonapart

[Samurai Waki]

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

John Stewart Mills

[Ariovistus Maximus]

Fortis Cadere, Cedere Non Potest.

A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield.