“The more closely [the German army] converged on [Stalingrad], the narrower became their scope for tactical manoeuvre as a lever in loosening resistance. By contrast, the narrowing of the frontage made it easier for the defender to switch his local reserves to any threatened point on the defensive arc.” MadeMilitaryEasierArmyLocalsResistanceMade ItContrastReservesThreatenedScopeArcsDefendersLeversTacticalStalingrad Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“Who can know how much of his most inward life is made up of the thoughts he believes other men to have about him, until that fabric of opinion is threatened with ruin?” KnowsMenBelieveMadeLife IsOpinionKnow HowReputationRuinsInwardFabricThreatened Book:Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Source: Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)