total-war

"In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power."

"Generally management of the many is the same as management of the few. It is a matter of organization."

"He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious."

"All warfare is based on deception."

"It is the brave man's part to live with glory, or with glory die."

"Quick decisions are unsafe decisions."

"Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them."

"The fortunes of war are always doubtful."

"If a man does not know to what port he is sailing, no wind is favourable."

"He is best secure from dangers who is on his guard even when he seems safe."

"It is a bad plan that cannot be altered."

"Necessity knows no law except to conquer."

"We should provide in peace what we need in war."

"Pardon one offence and you encourage the commission of many."

"The cruelty of war makes for peace."

"In war we must always leave room for strokes of fortune, and accidents that cannot be foreseen."

"A good general not only sees the way to victory, he also knows when victory is impossible."

"Victi vincimus (Conquered, we conquer)."

"The valiant profit more their country than the finest, cleverest speakers."

"Ah, yes, mere infantry - poor beggars..."

"Only the dead have seen the end of war."

"Every care must be taken that our auxiliaries, being stronger than our citizens, may not grow too much for them and become savage beasts."

"The rulers of the State are the only ones who should have the privilege of lying."

"Men of Athens, I do not have much time for exhortation, but to the brave a few words are as good as many..."

"I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs."

"Fas est et ab hoste doceri (It is right to learn, even from the enemy)."

"The gods favour the bold."

"Vae victis (Woe to the vanquished)."

"The outcome corresponds less to expectations in war than in any other case whatsoever."

"To a good general luck is important."

"Quae caret ora cruore nostro? (What coast knows not our blood?)"

"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country)."

"Bella detesta matribus (Wars are the dread of mothers)."

"A wise man in times of peace prepares for war."

"Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it."

"A glorious death is his who for his country falls."

"So ends the bloody business of the day."

"The blade itself incites to violence."

"Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than war."

"To those that flee comes neither power nor glory."

"He serves me most, who serves his country best."

"Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds."

"Ye gods, what dastards would our host command? Swept to the war, the lumber of the land."

"Even the bravest cannot fight beyond his strength."

"War is the only proper school of the surgeon."

"Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen."