The art of war consists in bringing to bear with an inferior army a superiority of force at the point at which one attacks or is attacked.

Napoleon Bonaparte

ArtWarInferiorArmy...+2

So we have had to dispense with the indispensable.

Winston Churchill

IndispensableDispense

Reconnaissance memoranda should always be written in the simplest style and be purely descriptive. They should never stray from their objective by introducing extraneous ideas.

Napoleon Bonaparte

ReconnaissanceMemorandaWrittenSimplest...+3

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

EnemyMistakeInterrupt

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

Napoleon Bonaparte

EnemyPowerDepriveInjuring

When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!

Napoleon Bonaparte

BattleChanceSuccessAdversary...+4