Although Our Intellect Always Longs For Clarity

War Is Nothing But A Duel On A Larger Scale.

Politics Is The Womb In Which War Develops - Where Its Outlines Already Exist In Their Hidden Rudimentary Form, Like The Characteristics Of Living Creatures In Their Embryos.

The Political Object Is The Goal, War Is The Means Of Reaching It, And The Means Can Never Be Considered In Isolation Form Their Purposes.

There Are Times When The Utmost Daring Is The Height Of Wisdom.

The General Unreliability Of All Information Presents A Special Problem In War: All Action Takes Place, So To Speak, In The Twilight, Which, Like Fog Or Moonlight, Often Tends To Make Things Seem Grotesque And Larger Than They Really Are. Whatever Is Hidden From Full View In This Feeble Light Has To Be Guessed At By Talent, Or Simply Left To Chance. So Once Again For The Lack Of Objective Knowledge, One Has To Trust To Talent Or To Luck.