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  • When you do battle, even if you are winning, if you continue for a long time it will dull your forces and blunt you edge...If you keep your armies out in the field for a long time, your supplies will be insufficient. Transportation of provisions itself consumes 20 times the amount transported.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Sun Tzu Quotes , Army Quotes , Winning Quotes
  • The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that's what an army is--a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed from their mass, and from their officers. But a mob without any MAN at the head of it is BENEATH pitifulness.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Fighting Quotes , Army Quotes
  • If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Sun Tzu Quotes , War Quotes , Army Quotes
  • Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes , Confused Quotes , Army Quotes
  • Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill; The Ploughboy is whooping — anon — anon! There's joy in the mountains: There's life in the fountains; Small clouds are sailing, Blue sky prevailing; The rain is over and gone.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : William Wordsworth Quotes , Rain Quotes , Army Quotes