A Beaten General Is Disgraced

A Battle Won Is A Battle Which We Will Not Acknowledge To Be Lost.

The Unknown Is The Governing Principle Of War.

This Absence Of Similarity Among Military Questions Naturally Brings Out The Inability Of Memory To Solve Them; Also The Sterility Of Invariable Forms, Such As Figures, Geometrical Drawings ( épures ), Plans ( Schémas ), Etc. One Only Right Solution Imposes Itself:;: Namely, The Application, Varying According To Circumstances, Of Fixed Principles.

There Is But One Means To Extenuate The Effects Of Enemy Fire: It Is To Develop A More Violent Fire Oneself.

Victory Is A Thing Of The Will.