In War The Will Is

There Is Only One Decisive Victory: The Last.

Timidity Is The Root Of Prudence In The Majority Of Men.

Boldness Becomes Rarer, The Higher The Rank.

Only The Element Of Chance Is Needed To Make War A Gamble, And That Element Is Never Absent.

Politics Is The Womb In Which War Develops - Where Its Outlines Already Exist In Their Hidden Rudimentary Form, Like The Characteristics Of Living Creatures In Their Embryos.