War Is...a Trinity Of Violence, Chance, And

A Prince Or General Can Best Demonstrate His Genius By Managing A Campaign Exactly To Suit His Objectives And His Resources, Doing Neither Too Much Nor Too Little.

No Other Human Activity Is So Continuously Or Universally Bound Up With Chance. And Through The Element Of Chance, Guesswork And Luck Come To Play A Great Part In War.

Many Intelligence Reports In War Are Contradictory; Even More Are False, And Most Are Uncertain.

Of All The Passions That Inspire A Man In A Battle, None, We Have To Admit, Is So Powerful And So Constant As The Longing For Honor And Reknown.

War Should Never Be Thought Of As Something Autonomous, But Always As An Instrument Of Policy.