If you want peace, prepare for the war.Collection: War
In war, discipline is superior to strength; but if that discipline is neglected there is no longer any difference between the soldier and the peasant.Collection: Military
Who would desire peace should be prepared for war.Collection: War
Men are seldom born brave but they acquire courage through training and discipline - a handful of men inured to war proceed to certain victory; while on the contrary numerous armies of raw and undisciplined troops are but multitudes of men dragged to the slaughter.Collection: Military
An army is strengthened by labor and enervated by idleness.Collection: Army
Opportunity in war is usually of greater value than bravery... Terrain is often of more value than bravery... Bravery is of more value than numbers.Collection: Military
No great dependence is to be placed on the eagerness of young soldiers for action...fighting is agreeable to those who are strangers to it.Collection: Peace
Valor is superior to number.Collection: Military
To seduce the enemies soldiers from their allegiance and encourage them to surrender is of special service, for an adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter.Collection: Hurt
When men find they must inevitably perish, they willingly resolve to die with their comrades and with their arms in their hands.Collection: Military