“Comrades, in remembering the glorious battles of long ago do not forget how they were won. They were won not only by courage and skill with arms but by prudence.”
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“It is well known what happens on such occasions. The simplest and most obvious conclusion…”
“Quocunque jeceris stabit. (Wheresoever you cast it, it will find its feet.)”
“The most complete and happy victory is this: to confound one's enemy's plans while…”
“We must dare to make amends for our former failures.”