“A very clever man though perhaps not a very strong character.”
Friedrich Paulus (1890–1957) German general
Erich von Manstein to Leon Goldensohn, June 14, 1946.
“Once there was a certain man who was very clever, but it was his character to always see the negative points of his jobs. In such a way, one will be useless.”
— Tsunetomo Yamamoto, book Hagakure
Hagakure (c. 1716)
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