Time Quote by Steven Erikson

“What enables the enlightened rulers and good generals to conquer the enemy at every move and achieve extraordinary success is foreknowledge.”

— Anonymous

“British generals often gave away in stupidity what they had gained in ignorance.”

— Scott Anderson

“From the port of ideas, not only the most clever ones put out to sea and conquer the world but also the most stupid…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Do not neglect the principles of foresight and know that often, puffed up with success, armies have lost the fruit of their heroism through…

— Frederick The Great

“Not sneering Emperors with world-conquering designs. Not cackling demons plotting in the darkness beyond the world. It was small men with their small acts…

— Joe Abercrombie

“Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it.”

— Oscar Wilde

“A true genius is my brother, for his ability to measure and adapt his imagination to knowledge is unbounded. He can turn laziness into…

— Lionel Suggs

“History: the lies of the victors, the self-delusions of the defeated.”

— Julian Barnes

“I am an Imperial commissar. I will enflame the weak, support the wavering, guide the lost. I will be all things to all men…

— Dan Abnett

“But we mustn’t forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of the intellectuals.”

— Saul Bellow

“Great battles that prevail in actions had been won or lost earlier in thoughts. When the mind resists change, it’s in vain the legs…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“A general may succeed for some time in persuading his superiors that he is a good commander: he will never”

— Field Marshal Archibald wavell