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The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.
Carl von Clausewitz
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Carl von Clausewitz
Age: 51 †
Born: 1780
Born: June 1
Died: 1831
Died: November 16
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I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together.
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A general who allows himself to be decisively defeated in an extended mountain position deserves to be court-martialled.
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There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment
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To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it.
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There is only one decisive victory: the last.
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In war everything is simple, but it's the simple things that are difficult.
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Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.
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