Anthony Horowitz Quotes

You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.

It is a sweet and glorious thing to die for one's country. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

Whether on the scaffold high Or on the battle-field we die, Oh, what matter, when for Erin dear we fall.

I long to die for such a true cause; I wish to expire on the bed of glory; I wish to perish at my post.

Send me six hundred men who know how to die

It is a sweet and proper thing to die for one’s country.

I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to, The souls I could not save They braced their belts about them, They crossed in ships the sea, They sought and found six feet of ground, And there they died for me.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

Men, today we die a little.

Yet would we die as some have done, beating a way for the rising sun.

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.

They never fail who die in a great cause.

Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.

I find it incredibly romantic that people should fight for a cause they believe in and be prepared to die for it.

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

There's a lot of people that fought for their country and that's not something to be taken lightly. They gave their life, everything they had, they gave their lives, to give us what we have. That's why I'm so passionate about my beliefs - because someone died.

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.

The real heroes were my good buddies who died during the battles.

Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field.

Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction.

I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.