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This seminal work delves into the principles of warfare, offering insights on the nature of conflict and the conduct of military campaigns.
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“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.”
“Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.”
“Politics is the womb in which war develops.”
“War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.”
“Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero.”
“Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity”
“Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men.”
“There are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom.”
“War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy.”
“Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defense.”