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

Quote by Barbara W Tuchman

Topics: Military Quotes

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

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...

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans,...

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans,...

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,...

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

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.

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

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

I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good...

I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good...

What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else -...

What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else -...

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the...

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the...

My library was dukedom large enough.

My library was dukedom large enough.

Libraries are not made, they grow

Libraries are not made, they grow

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

Your library is your portrait.

Your library is your portrait.

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...