“It is well known what happens on such occasions. The simplest and most obvious conclusion is rejected as unworthy of such experts in wisdom as these ingenious hoary old men, and an obscure alternative is warmly debated and then rejected; finally a most far-fetched and marvelously improper conclusion…”— Count Belisarius, amazon.comTagged: strategy
“Quocunque jeceris stabit. (Wheresoever you cast it, it will find its feet.)”— Count Belisarius, amazon.comTagged: strategy
“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.”— Count Belisarius, amazon.comTagged: strategy
“The most complete and happy victory is this: to confound one's enemy's plans while suffering no material or moral loss oneself.”— Count Belisarius, amazon.comTagged: strategy
“We must dare to make amends for our former failures.”— Robert Graves, Count Belisarius, amazon.comTagged: Life, Failures