In war, where imperfect intelligence, the threat of a catastrophe, and the number of accidents are incomparably greater … - Carl von Clausewitz

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

While learning to code may have once been an arduous or expensive process, the college dropouts who developed Codecademy have democratized coding as surely as Gutenberg democratized text. Anyone can go to Codecademy and start learning and creating code through their simple, fun, interactive window, for free.

Carl von Clausewitz

In war, where imperfect intelligence, the threat of a catastrophe, and the number of accidents are incomparably greater than any other human endeavor, the amount of missed opportunities, so to speak, is therefore bound to be greater.

War, Opportunity, Numbers, Catastrophe, Accidents, Opportunities

Same Author Quotes

There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.

Cases, Daring, Greatest Wisdom, Wisdom

Architects and painters know precisely what they are about as long as they deal with material phenomena. . . . But when they come to the aesthetics of their work, when they aim at a particular effect on the mind or on the senses, the rules dissolve into nothing but vague ideas.

Ideas, Long, Mind, Nothing

War is merely a continuation of politics.

Continuation, Merely, Politics, War

Intelligence alone is not courage, we often see that the most intelligent people are irresolute. Since in the rush of events a man is governed by feelings rather than by thought, the intellect needs to arouse the quality of courage, which then supports and sustains it in action.

Intelligent, Irresolute, Men, People, Sustains, Thought

If you entrench yourself behind strong fortifications, you compel the enemy seek a solution elsewhere.

Enemy, Entrench, Military, Seek, Strong