The Virtues of War
Steven Pressfield
Top 10 Best Quotes
“A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.”
“This man has conquered the world! What have you done?" The philosopher replied without an instant's hesitation, "I have conquered the need to conquer the world.”
“A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.”
“Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.”
“Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for!”
“Warfare is theatre, I have said, and the essence of theatre is aritifce. What we show, we will not do. What we don't show, we will do.”
“When deliberating, think in campaigns and not battles; in wars and not campaigns; in ultimate conquest and not wars.”
“A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.”
“From that day, I vowed never to squander a moment's care over the good opinion of others. May they rot in hell. You have heard of my abstemiousness in matters of food and sex. Here is why: I punished myself. If I caught my thoughts straying to another's opinion of me, I sent myself to bed without supper. As for women, I likewise permitted myself none. I missed no few meals, and no small pleasure, before I brought this vice under control.”
“Every virtue that reaches the exaggeration, is becoming a defect”
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