Alexander Suvorov

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What is difficult in training will become easy in a battle
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Training
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Train hard, fight easy.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Fighting
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One minute can decide the outcome of the battle, one hour - the outcome of the campaign, and one day - the fate of the country.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Country
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Fight the enemy with the weapons he lacks.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Military
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The more comfort the less courage there is.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Military
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A hard drill makes an easy battle.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Battle
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He who is afraid is half beaten.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Half
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No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Practice
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Win with ability, not with numbers.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Military
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As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be treated generously.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Fighting
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Judgment of eye, speed and attack are the basis of victory.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Eye
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The bullet is a mad thing; only the bayonet knows what it is about.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Military
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There is nobody more terrible than the desperate.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Desperate
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A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Strong
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To surprise the enemy is to defeat him.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Enemy
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Fortune seized at the right moment gives victory.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Giving
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When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Military
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Accustom yourself to tireless activity.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Military
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The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a fine chap.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Bayonets
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Exercises cultivated self-reliance - the foundation of courage.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Exercise
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The Church will pray to God for the dead. The survivor has honour and glory.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: War
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Fire opens the gates of victory.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Fire
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Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Giving
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One cannot think that blind bravery gives victory over the enemy.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Thinking
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If we had not driven them into hell... hell would have swallowed us.
- Alexander Suvorov
Collection: Military