In War More Than Anywhere Else, Things

We Repeat Again: Strength Of Character Does Not Consist Solely In Having Powerful Feelings, But In Maintaining One’s Balance In Spite Of Them. Even With The Violence Of Emotion, Judgment And Principle Must Still Function Like A Ship’s Compass, Which Records The Slightest Variations However Rough The Sea.

The Side That Feels The Lesser Urge For Peace Will Naturally Get The Better Bargain.

Architects And Painters Know Precisely What They Are About As Long As They Deal With Material Phenomena.... But When They Come To The Aesthetics Of Their Work, When They Aim At A Particular Effect On The Mind Or On The Senses, The Rules Dissolve Into Nothing But Vague Ideas.

Everything In War Is Very Simple, But The Simplest Thing Is Difficult.

Close Combat, Man To Man, Is Plainly To Be Regarded As The Real Basis Of Combat.