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B. H. Liddell Hart Quotes
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Type: Historian Quotes Category: British Historian Quotes Date of Birth: October 31, 1895 Date of Death: January 29, 1970 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: B. H. Liddell Hart Related Authors: Arnold J. Toynbee Arthur Helps Lord Acton C. Northcote Parkinson A. J. P. Taylor E. P. Thompson Eric Hobsbawm |
A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
B. H. Liddell Hart Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war or pugilism. B. H. Liddell Hart Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many. B. H. Liddell Hart Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war. B. H. Liddell Hart In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side. B. H. Liddell Hart In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future. B. H. Liddell Hart Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness. B. H. Liddell Hart The chief incalculable in war is the human will. B. H. Liddell Hart The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian. B. H. Liddell Hart |
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