FLIGHT

Related Subjects: Defeat, Fear, Retreat

1. In fleeing the ashes he's fallen into the coals.—ALCAEUS
   

2. The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.—Bible, Proverbs 28:1
   

3. For those that fly may fight again,
   Which he can never do that's slain.—SAMUEL BUTLER, Hudibras
   

4. And brave men fled who never fled before.—G. H. CALVERT, Bunker Hill

5. Love is conquered only by flight. Against such an enemy, true courage consists in fear and retreat, in retreat without deliberation, and without looking back.—FENELON, Telemachus
   

6. 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.—GOLDSMITH, The Art of Poetry on a New Plan
   

7. He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.—FUBLILIUS SYRUS, Sententiae
   

8. Let us fly and save our bacon.—RABELAIS
   

9. Show it a fair pair of heels and run for it.—SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV
   

10. To fly the boar before the boar pursues,
    Were to incense the boar to follow us
    And make pursuit where he did mean no chase.—SHAKESPEARE, Richard III
    

11. I girded up my Lions and fled the Seen.—ARTEMUS WARD, A Visit to Brigham Young