War Is Nothing But A Duel On

Obstinacy Is A Fault Of Temperament. Stubbornness And Intolerance Of Contradiction Result From A Special Kind Of Egotism, Which Elevates Above Everything Else The Pleasure Of Its Autonomous Intellect, To Which Others Must Bow.

In 1793 Such A Force As No One Had Any Conception Of Made Its Appearance. War Had Again Suddenly Become An Affair Of The People, And That Of A People Numbering Thirty Millions, Every One Of Whom Regarded Himself As A Citizen Of The State... By This Participation Of The People In The War... A Whole Nation With Its Natural Weight Came Into The Scale.

The Very Nature Of Interactions Is Bound To Make It Unpredictable.

Many Intelligence Reports In War Are Contradictory; Even More Are False, And Most Are Uncertain.

Boldness Will Be At A Disadvantage Only In An Encounter With Deliberate Caution, Which May Be Considered Bold In Its Own Right, And Is Certainly Just As Powerful And Effective; But Such Cases Are Rare.