“In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“In war, luck is half in everything.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
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