Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans, no less than other peoples, prepare for the last war.

Quote by Barbara W Tuchman

Topics: Military Quotes

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger....

The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger....

Initially, I didn't start out to be a member of a band. I wanted to...

Initially, I didn't start out to be a member of a band. I wanted to...

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.

My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.

Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not...

Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not...

A home without books is a body without soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands...

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands...

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For...

Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For...