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the good we do does live after us, and it is by far the most important thing that does.
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
Perusia revealed the pattern. Octavian first reconstituted respect in Rome by navigating the treacherous currents of land redistribution. He then won a battle by entrusting its conduct to others with superior military skills. Finally, he fortified his authority against further insurrections by publicly executing prominent rebels, an act of violence
... See moreJohn Lewis Gaddis • On Grand Strategy
Since most historical characters worth studying are so because they held mindsets that formed significant variations on the parent worldview, this latter move will always be risky. (The Queen sacrifice may after all have taken place, obedient to some extraordinary new strategy.
N. T. Wright • Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
a warrior is known not just by muscle and valor, but by scars.
David Von Drehle • The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life. —Telamon of Arcadia, mercenary of the fifth century B.C.
Steven Pressfield • The War of Art
Second, the sum of expertise was less, not greater, than the parts.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's discord, the coming crisis of the 2020s, and the triumph beyond
He says everyone remembers the last war, and no one is mad enough to go through that again.
Anthony Doerr • All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.
Cormac McCarthy • Blood Meridian
the courage needed to engage in battle was indistinguishable from love.