Against danger it pays to be prepared -- Aesop

Only those who are prepared will gain something when facing danger -- Aesop (ancient Greek fabler)

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Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence -- Alcaeus

Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defense -- Alcaeus (Greek lyric poet)

A dead enemy always smells good -- Alus Vitellus

A dead enemy always smells good -- Alus Vitellus

War spares not the brave but the cowardly -- Anacreon

War only abandons the cowardly but not the brave - Anacreon (ancient Greek lyric poet)

We make war that we may live in peace -- Aristotle

War can bring peace - Aristotle (ancient Greek philosopher and scientist)

The sinews of war are infinite money -- Cicero

Infinite money is the driving force behind war - Cicero (ancient Roman politician, orator, writer)

To lead untrained people to war is to throw them away -- Confucius

Bringing untrained soldiers into the battlefield is equivalent to throwing them into death - Confucius (Chinese thinker, politician, educator in the late Spring and Autumn Period, founder of Confucianism)

All warfare is based on deception -- Sun Tzu

Soldiers are deceitful - Sun Tzu's first plan (this sentence goes without saying, it is definitely the most incisive of all strategic quotes)

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious -- Sun Tzu

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot be victorious wins - Sun Tzu seeks to attack the third place

Generally management of the many is the same as management of the few. It is a matter of organization -- Sun Tzu

Whenever governing many is like governing a few, the score is the same - Sun Tzu's Fifth Military Strategy

In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power -- Sun Tzu

In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power -- Sun Tzu

Soldiers are not expensive, but the benefits are many, but there is no force to advance -- Sun Tzu March 9

Great empires are not maintained by timidity -- Tacitus

Great empires are not maintained by timidity! ——Tacitus (ancient Roman senator, historian)

Even the bravest are frightened by sudden terrors -- T

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Even the bravest man can be frightened by sudden terror! ——Tacitus

The proper arts of a general are judgment and prudence -- Tacitus

Decision and prudence are essential talents for a general! ——Tacitus

A bad peace is even worse than war -- Tacitus

A bad peace is even worse than war! ——Tacitus

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise -- Tacitus

Too much safety will destroy the great and noble enterprise! ——Tacitus