When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be dampened.
The Art of War
The Art of War, Chapter 2: Waging War
c. 5th century BC
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"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death."
Strange & Unusual"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."
Strange & Unusual"When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make him move."
Strange & Unusual"If words are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame."
Controversial"Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy."
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