Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
People need to look beyond just the immediate victory... There are no permanent victories.
In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.
There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more or less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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