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.


The Art of Poetry on a New Plan (1761), vol. ii. p. 147.

Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.