Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.

Socrates

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War is the business of barbarians.

Napoleon Bonaparte

WarBusinessBarbarians

In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

Napoleon Bonaparte

WarManCounts

Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.

Napoleon Bonaparte

ImportantWarCommand

In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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