Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; 
 
 Or close the wall up with our English dead! 
 
 In peace there's nothing so becomes a man 
 
 As modest stillness and humility: 
 
 But when the blast of war blows in our ears, 
 
 Then imitate the action of the tiger; 
 
 Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, 
 
 Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
Henry V (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1























