Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

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Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.

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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

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The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.

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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

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I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.

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I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.

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