The Only Victories Which Leave

To Imagine That It Is Possible To Perform Great Military Deeds Without Fighting Is Just Empty Dreams.

Where Flowers Degenerate Man Cannot Live.

A Society Without Religion Is Like A Vessel Without Compass.

I Would Rather Suffer With Coffee Than Be Senseless.

A Commander-in-chief Cannot Take As An Excuse For His Mistakes In Warfare An Order Given By His Sovereign Or His Minister When The Person Giving The Order Is Absent From The Field Of Operations And Is Imperfectly Aware Or Wholly Unaware Of The Latest State Of Affairs. It Follows That Any Commander-in-chief Who Undertakes To Carry Out A Plan Which He Considers Defective Is At Fault; He Must Put Forward His Reasons, Insist On The Plan Being Changed, And Finally Tender His Resignation Rather Than Be The Instrument Of His Army's Downfall.