
Part Eleven “The Dream Season”, Chapter ii “Representations”, Section 2 (p. 479)
(1987), BOOK THREE: OUT OF THE EMPTY QUARTER
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Part Eleven “The Dream Season”, Chapter ii “Representations”, Section 2 (p. 479)
(1987), BOOK THREE: OUT OF THE EMPTY QUARTER
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 200.
“Man is weak and when he makes strength his profession he is even weaker.”
El hombre es débil y cuando ejerce la profesíon de fuerte es más débil.
Voces (1943)
“The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession,”
Scientia enim rei bellicae dimicandi nutrit audaciam: nemo facere metuit quod se bene didicisse confidit.
De Re Militari (also Epitoma Rei Militaris), Book I, "The Selection and Training of New Levies"
Context: The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession, and he only wants an opportunity to execute what he is convinced he has been perfectly taught. (Book 1)