"While hitting one must guard ... In order……" — B. H. Liddell Hart

"While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard."

— B. H. Liddell Hart

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65 Quotes by B. H. Liddell Hart

B. H. Liddell Hart has 65 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

...regrettable as it may seem to the idealist, the experience of history provides little warrant for the belief that real…
The hydrogen bomb is not the answer to the Western peoples' dream of full and final insurance of their security…
The implied threat of using nuclear weapons to curb guerrillas was as absurd as to talk of using a sledge…
The easiest and quickest path into the esteem of traditional military authorities is by the appeal to the eye, rather…
Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological…
A modern state is such a complex and interdependent fabric that it offers a target highly sensitive to a sudden…
The practical value of history is to throw the film of the past through the material projector of the present…
The principle of compulsory service, embodied in the system of conscription, lias been the means by which modem dictators and…
The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.
Direct experience is inherently too limited to form an adequate foundation either for theory or for application. At the best…
In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.
The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that,…

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The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible;… — Charles Babbage
Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of… — Gaston Bachelard
As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New… — Kevin Bacon
I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take… — Alan Ball
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper,… — Hosea Ballou
People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective… — Albert Bandura
The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they… — John Banville
Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are… — Gerry Adams
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends… — Henry Adams
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. — Henry Adams
Meditation state is a place of deep relaxation where you can pinpoint the things you do and to set a… — Roseanne Barr
The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of… — John Adams

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