# Quote — George Bernard Shaw, Arms and the Man

> You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

- Author: [George Bernard Shaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw.md)
- Book: [Arms and the Man](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/arms-and-the-man.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw#Arms_and_the_Man_(1898)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [war](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/war.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/arms-and-the-man/you-can-always

## More from this book

> You're not a man, you're a machine.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/arms-and-the-man/youre-not-a-man.md)

> Oh, you are a very poor soldier — a chocolate cream soldier!

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/arms-and-the-man/oh-you-are.md)