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To me death is better than the defensive.

— Alexander Suvorov

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  1. The officers know that I myself am not ashamed to work at this. ...Suvorov was Major, and Adjutant, and everything down to Corporal; I myse…
  2. If we had not driven them into hell... hell would have swallowed us.
  3. It is very difficult to do one's duty. I was considered a barbarian because at the storming of the Praga 7,000 people were killed. Europe s…
  4. Fight the enemy with the weapons he lacks.
  5. The three military arts. First - Apprehension, how to arrange things in camp, how to march, how to attack, pursue, and strike; for taking u…
  6. Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.
  7. No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead.
  8. Exercises cultivated self-reliance - the foundation of courage.

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Topics in this quote

  • warfare
  • death
  • defense
  • offense
  • risk

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