ᐅ Of the quaking recruit, three pitched battles make a grim grenadier; and he who shrank from the muzzle of a cannon, is now ready to yield his mustache for a sponge. – Herman Melville | QuotesTrue.com

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Of the quaking recruit, three pitched battles make a grim grenadier; and he who shrank from the muzzle of a cannon, is now ready to yield his mustache for a sponge.

Herman Melville

Herman Melville (1849). “Mardi: And a Voyage Thither”, p.45

1737

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