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Daniel Defoe

"It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions."

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"It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions."

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"I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself."

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"All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could hear the steady roar of the passing army."

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"I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep."

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"We are all proud of having thus contributed to the heretofore magnificent successes of our army."

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"I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else."

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