A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.
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Steven Pressfield
In that moment, I understand the way that the noblest yearning for duty and sacrifice can be mixed up with all that is savage and shameful, like in the Bible, where a just and merciful God tells you to kill everyone, kill the children, kill...
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Stuart Archer Cohen
As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain on the island dead, once they set foot on it. But no one expected to be one of these. Still it was an...
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James Jones
Look! " Hawkeye said. Duke looked where Hawkeye was pointing. In one corner, kneeling on the dirt floor with his elbows on his cot, a Bible in front of him, his lips moving slowly, and oblivious to all about him, was Major Jonathan Hobson."Jesus, "...
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Richard Hooker
Yeah. Floyd is his batman." His what?" Batman, like in the British army, each officer had a batman, a personal servant." You spend too much time reading, Spenser. You know more stuff that don't make you money than anybody I know.
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Robert B. Parker
More Quotes By Napoleon Bonaparte
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
If you start to take Vienna take Vienna.
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.
As to moral courage I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion and which in spite of the most unforeseen events leaves full freedom of judgement and decision.
