John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4368 Oliver Goldsmith 1730?-1774 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 4368 |
AUTHOR: | Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774) |
QUOTATION: | 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. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan (1761). Vol. ii. p. 147. |
Note 1. See Butler, Quotation 68. [back] |