“War calls for strategy: valour is less praiseworthy in a commander.”
Book V, line 100
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Bellandum est astu; leuior laus in duce dextrae.
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Silius Italicus 31
Roman consul, orator, and Latin epic poet 26–101Related quotes
Bisognan di valor segni più chiari,
Che por con leggiadria la lancia in resta:
Ma fortuna anco più bisogna assai;
Che senza, val virtù raro o non mai.
Canto XVI, stanza 46 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
As quoted in Hannibal : Enemy of Rome (1992) by Leonard Cottrell, p. 150.
Source: Revelation Space (2000), Chapter 10 (p. 220).
“Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.”
是故上攻伐谋
The Art of War, Chapter III · Strategic Attack
Variant: Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.
The Guardian (14 August 1981).
1980s
“Most of us have adopted a strategy to get along called satisficing,”
The Organized Mind (2014)
Context: Most of us have adopted a strategy to get along called satisficing, a term coined by... Herbert Simon... to describe not getting the very best option but one that was good enough.... Satisficing is one of the foundations of productive human behavior... we don't waste time trying to find improvements that are not going to make a significant difference in our happiness or satisfaction.
As quoted in "Military air power : the CADRE digest of air power opinions and thoughts", compiled by Charles M. Westenhoff
