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"All quiet along the Potomac to-night, no sound save the rush of the river, while soft falls the dew on the face of the dead, the picket's off duty forever."

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"When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on battles
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"There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon roaring, before there can be peaceful treaties and enthusiastic shaking of hands."

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth on battles    Share

"The advantage of time and place in all practical actions is half a victory; which being lost is irrecoverable."

Drake, Sir Francis on battles    Share

"Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat."

Eliot, George on battles
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"A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost."

Foch, Ferdinand on battles    Share

"My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack."

Foch, Ferdinand on battles    Share

"France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war."

Gaulle, Charles De on battles    Share

"War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known."

Hobbes, Thomas on battles    Share

"Pick battles big enough to matter, but small enough to win."

Kozol, Jonathan on battles
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"No battle is worth fighting except the last one."

Powell, John Enoch on battles    Share

"In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win."

Shaw, George Bernard on battles    Share

"Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip."

Tuchman, Barbara on battles    Share

"Man’s greatest battle is being a true philosopher."

Joshi, Kedar on battles    Share

"When your in constant war with yourself, who wins! Your head, or emotions? -KaMilaOnikosi"

KaMila Onikosi on battles    Share

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