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Just drive down that road, until you get blown up
George S. Patton
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George S. Patton
Age: 60 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 11
Died: 1945
Died: December 21
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George Smith Patton
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I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
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Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.
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We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose.
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War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
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Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.
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Why is it that all battles are fought in the middle of the night, in downpouring rain, and at the corners of four different maps?
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In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.
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The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses.
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