The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.
Carl von ClausewitzWar is such a dangerous business that mistakes that come from kindness are the very worst.
Carl von ClausewitzWe repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them. Even with the violence of emotion, judgment and principle must still function like a ship’s compass, which records the slightest variations however rough the sea.
Carl von ClausewitzModern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals.
Carl von Clausewitz...the side that feels the lesser urge for peace will naturally get the better bargain.
Carl von ClausewitzOf all the passions that inspire a man in a battle, none, we have to admit, is so powerful and so constant as the longing for honor and reknown.
Carl von ClausewitzAll war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.
Carl von Clausewitz...an intellectual instinct which extracts the essence from the phenomena of life, as a bee sucks honey from a flower. In addition to study and reflections, life itself serves as a source.
Carl von ClausewitzThere are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom.
Carl von ClausewitzThus it has come about that our theoretical and critical literature, instead of giving plain, straightforward arguments in which the author at least always knows what he is saying and the reader what he is reading, is crammed with jargon, ending at obscure crossroads where the author loses its readers. Sometimes these books are even worse: they are just hollow shells. The author himself no longer knows just what he is thinking and soothes himself with obscure ideas which would not satisfy him if expressed in plain speech.
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