If You Want Peace, Understand War.

Loss Of Hope Rather Than Loss Of Life Is What Decides The Issues Of War. But Helplessness Induces Hopelessness.

In A Campaign Against More Than One State Or Army, It Is More Fruitful To Concentrate First Against The Weaker Partner Than To Attempt The Overthrow Of The Stronger In The Belief That The Latter's Defeat Will Automatically Involve The Collapse Of The Others.

The Search For The Truth For Truth's Sake Is The Mark Of The Historian.

The Easiest And Quickest Path Into The Esteem Of Traditional Military Authorities Is By The Appeal To The Eye, Rather Than To The Mind. The `polish And Pipeclay' School Is Not Yet Extinct, And It Is Easier For The Mediocre Intelligence To Become An Authority On Buttons, Than On Tactics.

It Is Only To Clear From History That States Rarely Keep Faith With Each Other, Save In So Far (and So Long) As Their Promises Seem To Them To Combine With Their Interests.