The man that runs away Lives to die another day.
More Quotes from A. E. Housman:
Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.A. E. Housman
Oh, look in my eyes then, can you doubt?
A. E. Housman
Good night ensured release, Imperishable peace, Have these for yours. While sky and sea and land And earth's foundations stand And heaven endures. These three lines are on the tablet over Housman's grave in the parish church at Ludlow, Shropshire, England.
A. E. Housman
The goal stands up, the keeper; Stands up to keep the goal.
A. E. Housman
But if you ever come to a road where danger Or guilt or anguish or shame's to share. Be good to the lad who loves you true, And the soul that was born to die for you And whistle and I'll be there.
A. E. Housman
That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again.
A. E. Housman
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