"In war, the moral is to the..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.
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“Never lead your soldiers to battle if you have not first confirmed their spirit and known them to be without fear and ordered; and never test them except when you see that they hope to win.”
“In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.”
“What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.”
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“The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.”
“The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five minutes”
“Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep.”