For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
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