Come back with your shield or lie on it-a Spartan mother who is packing her son.
In the face of danger, it is good to be prepared-Aesop
In the face of danger, only those who are prepared will gain something-Aesop (ancient Greek fable)
A brave man is the strongest defensive tower of a city.
Brave soldiers are the best defensive towers in the city-Alcaeus (Greek lyric poet)
Dead enemies always smell good-Alus Viteles.
The smell of enemy death always smells good-Arrus Viteles.
War does not forgive brave people, but only cowards.
War will only abandon the timid, not the brave-Ahnauon (ancient Greek lyric poet)
We went to war to live in peace-Aristotle
Only war can bring peace-Aristotle (great ancient Greek philosopher and scientist)
The motive force of war is infinite money-Cicero
Infinite money is the motive force of war-Cicero (ancient Roman politician, orator and writer)
To lead untrained people to war is to abandon them-Confucius
Bringing untrained soldiers into the battlefield is tantamount to throwing them into death-Confucius (thinker, politician, educator and founder of Confucianism in China in the late Spring and Autumn Period)
All wars are based on deception-Sun Tzu
Soldiers are also cunning-the first plan of Sun Tzu's art of war (this sentence is definitely the most incisive of all strategic sayings)
He who knows when to fight and when not to fight will win-Sun Tzu.
If you know whether you can fight or not, you will win-Sun Tzu seeks to attack the third place
Generally speaking, managing the majority is the same as managing the minority. This is an organizational problem-Sun Tzu.
Where the public is ruled like the widowed, the score is also-Sun Tzu's art of war is the fifth.
In war, quantity itself has no advantage. Don't rely entirely on military power to advance-Sun Tzu
Soldiers are not expensive, but there is no Wujin-Sun Tzu in September
Great empires are not maintained by cowardice-Tacitus
Great empires are not built on cowardice! -Tacitus (member of the Roman Senate, historian)
Even the bravest person will be frightened by sudden fear-Tacitus.
Even the bravest people will be frightened by the sudden terror! Tacitus
The art a general should have is judgment and prudence-Tacitus
Decisiveness and prudence are the necessary talents of a general! Tacitus
Bad peace is worse than war-Tacitus
Poor peace is worse than war! Tacitus
The desire for security runs counter to all great and noble undertakings-Tacitus
Excessive self-discipline will obliterate a great and noble cause! Tacitus
Courage is contempt for death and pain-Tacitus
Courage is contempt for death and pain! Tacitus
War is not so much a matter of weapons as of money-Thucydides
In war, money is far more important than weapons. -Thucydides (Greek historian, author of Critical History of the Peloponnesian War)
A collision at sea will ruin your whole day-Thucydides
A maritime conflict will ruin your whole day. -Thucydides (this sentence obviously has historical limitations)
Courage is better than quantity-Vegetius
Courage is better than quantity (on the battlefield)-Virgil Hughes, an ancient Roman military thinker, wrote the most influential masterpiece "On Roman Military System" in the West! At the same time, he also invented the vault.
Let those who long for peace prepare for war-Vegetius
You want peace, then prepare for war! -Virgil Hughes (his most famous sentence)
Betrayal is more harmful to the enemy than slaughter-Vegetius
Giving up will hurt your opponent more than killing.
Bella, Horita Bella/War, terrible war! Virgil
War, terrible war! -Virgil (Roman poet, author of the great epic Aeneas, telling the wandering experience of Aeneas after the fall of Troy)
Let everyone be present and look forward to the fruits of victory-Virgil
Let everything be a gift and look forward to palm leaves as a reward for victory! Virgil
When one side goes against the enemy with a stronger morale given by God, then their opponents, usually, can't resist them-Xenophon.
When one side's morale is helped by God, usually their opponents will be powerless to resist-Xenophon (Greek general and historian)
Hannibal knew how to win, but he didn't know how to use it.
Hannibal knew how to win, but he didn't know how to use it. -Ma Habal (Hannibal's subordinate)
Few people are born brave; Many people become like this through the power of training and discipline-Vegetius.
Real warriors are not born, but are made by strict training and iron discipline.
-Wei Ji Di (written by Vegetius, the oldest military book in the West and a summary of Roman military affairs).
I came, I saw, I conquered-gaius julius caesar.
I came, I saw, I conquered-Julius Caesar.
People in Athens, we don't have much time to persuade, but for brave people, a few words are as useful as many words-Hippocrates.
The Athenians! There is not much time to make a speech. For the real brave, a few words are enough! -Hippocrates (Greek doctor, father of medicine)
War is the only suitable school for surgeons-Hippocrates.
War is the only real school for surgeons-Hippocrates (this sentence makes me shudder)
Small countries can't compete with big countries: a few people can't compete with the majority; The weak can't compete with the strong-Mencius
Too small to be great, too little to be numerous, too weak to be strong-Mencius
Whoever serves the country best will serve me the most-Homer.
Those who serve me most often will be the most loyal to my country. Homer
The city walls are shaken by the sound of horsemen, wheels and chariots-Ezekiel, chapter 26, 10
Your walls will tremble at the sound of cavalry, wheels and chariots. -Ezekiel section 26, line 10
Unless there are prudent suggestions at home, foreign armed forces are of little value-Cicero
Go to war.-Cicero
Whoever serves the country best will serve me the most-Homer.
In order to meet my master with his kindness, I dare to die before I die! Homer