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

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,...

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,...

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

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

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

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

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.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but...

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but...

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang...

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang...

He had talents equal to business, and aspired no higher

He had talents equal to business, and aspired no higher