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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
Battle is a method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue
Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine
We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves
We are twice armed if we fight with faith
Only the dead have seen the end of the war
Even in war, moral power is to physical as three parts out of four
War is the business of barbarians
The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies
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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."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
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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