Ardant du Picq quotes

“If one does not wish bonds broken, one should make them elastic and thereby strengthen them.”
-- Ardant du Picq

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“A force engaged is out of the hand of its commander.”
-- Ardant du Picq

Source : Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.429, Lulu.com

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“The instruments of battle are valuable only if one knows how to use them.”
-- Ardant du Picq

Source : Sun Tzu, Einhard, Julius Caesar, Ardant du Picq, Niccol˜ Machiavelli (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.402, Lulu.com

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“The man is the first weapon of battle. Let us study the soldier, for it is he who brings reality to it.”
-- Ardant du Picq

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“He, general or mere captain, who employs every one in the storming of a position can be sure of seeing it retaken by an organized counterattack of four men and a corporal.”
-- Ardant du Picq

Source : Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.448, Lulu.com

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“Frederick liked to say that three men behind the enemy were worth fifty in front of him.”
-- Ardant du Picq

Source : Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.422, Lulu.com

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“If you are serious, don't play with my heart, it makes me furious.”

Source : Song: Tell It Like It is, Album: The Very Best of Aaron Neville, 2006

“It Is Very Easy To Defeat Someone, But It Is Very Hard To Win Someone”

“No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.”

Source : A. C. Green (1994). “Victory”, Creation House

“I'd worried that letting her get too close would break me. Unfortunately, I'd worried about that a little too late. Because I was broken. The Cage I was before Eva no longer existed. As much as I didn't want to admit it, I'd fallen in love with her. I'd allowed someone in and she hadn't want me. I hadn't been good enough. I never was.”

“I turn to right and left, in all the earth I see no signs of justice, sense or worth: A man does evil deeds, and all his days Are filled with luck and universal praise; Another's good in all he does - he dies A wretched, broken man whom all despise.”

Source : Abolqasem Ferdowsi (2006). “Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings”, p.289, Penguin

“Don't Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret. Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read”

“Hours are golden links, God's token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them, lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.”

Source : Adelaide Anne Procter (1858). “Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses”, p.21

“Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken.”

“Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish.”

“As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.”