George Bernard Shaw Quotes About Soldiers

• NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Giuseppe? Everything he says is wrong. GIUSEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Funny, Humor, Soldier

• As an old soldier, I admit the cowardice: it's as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Justice, Soldier, Littles

  'Man and Superman' (1903) act 3

• The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Witty, War, British Soldiers

  The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 3

• A soldier is an anachronism of which we must get rid.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Soldier, Anachronism

  George Bernard Shaw (1994). “John Bull's Other Island”, p.47, Penguin UK

• I never expect a soldier to think.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Thinking, Soldier, Never Expect

  'The Devil's Disciple' (1901) act 3

• You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Art, Soldier, Pistols

  Arms and the Man (1898) act 1

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