He, general or mere captain, who employs every one in the storming of a position can be sure of seeing it retaken by an organized counterattack of four men and a corporal.
Ardant du PicqIf one does not wish bonds broken, one should make them elastic and thereby strengthen them.
Ardant du PicqFrederick liked to say that three men behind the enemy were worth fifty in front of him.
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