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Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him
You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves
War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time
In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful
Only the defeated and deserters go to war
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace
The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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