Phoenix/military

Famous quotes containing the words phoenix and/or military:

    “A victorious tomcat is like a tiger; a plucked phoenix is not worth a chicken.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “[I]t is a civil Cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect, as it is a military Fear to be slow in attacking when it is your Duty.”
    —Richard Steele (1672–1729)