War Is Politics By Other Means.

War Is The Province Of Danger.

Talent And Genius Operate Outside The Rules, And Theory Conflicts With Practice.

Only The Element Of Chance Is Needed To Make War A Gamble, And That Element Is Never Absent.

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.

In War, While Everything Is Simple, Even The Simplest Thing Is Difficult. Difficulties Accumulate And Produce Frictions Which No One Can Comprehend Who Has Not Seen War.