Fortification Quotes

• Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

  George S. Patton

  Army, Men, Stupidity

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

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Strong, Military, Enemy

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• Schoolhouses are the republican line of fortifications.

  Horace Mann

  Education, Lines, Republican

  Horace Mann, William Bentley Fowle (1841). "Diario de la Escuela Común", p.271

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• El conocimiento se puede comunicar, pero no la sabiduría. Uno puede encontrarla, vivirla, fortalecerse con ella, hacer maravillas a través de ella, pero no puede comunicarla ni enseñarla.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspiración, Vida, Sabiduría

  Hermann Hesse (2015). "Siddhartha: An Indian Tale", p.106, Om Books International.

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• Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country

  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

  Country, Historical, Soldier

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• The general must be the first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not spread his parasol nor in the cold of winter don thick clothing. In dangerous places he must dismount and walk. He waits until the army's wells have been dug and only then drinks; until the army's food is cooked before he eats; until the army's fortifications have been completed, to shelter himself.

  Sun Tzu

  Summer, Art, War

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• La prosperidad de un país no depende de la abundancia de sus ingresos, ni de la fuerza de sus fortificaciones, ni de la belleza de sus edificios públicos, sino que consiste en el número de sus ciudadanos cultos, en sus hombres de educación, ilustración y carácter.

  Martin Luther

  Country, Character, Men

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• From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords are crossed the gun becomes useless.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  War, Gun, Useless

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.15, Bottom of the Hill

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• ¡Claro! Una relación con el Todopoderoso no es imposible. Debemos darnos cuenta de que el acercamiento de uno a la Presencia del Ser Todopoderoso, que es absolutamente invisible, es posible por medio de la fortificación del poder espiritual a través de la fe completa de uno en Su Ser Autosuficiente.

  Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani

  Espiritual, Significado, Ser

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• Regardless of what challenge you are facing right now, know that it has not come to stay. It has come to pass. During these times, do what you can with what you have, and ask for help if needed. Most importantly, never surrender. Put things in perspective. Take care of yourself. Find ways to replenish your energy, strengthen your faith and fortify yourself from the inside out.

  Les Brown

  Perspective, Challenges, Energy

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• An extensive empire must be supported by a refined system of policy and oppression; in the centre, an absolute power, prompt in action and rich in resources; a swift and easy communication with the extreme parts; fortifications to check the first effort of rebellion; a regular administration to protect and punish; and a well-disciplined army to inspire fear, without provoking discontent and despair.

  Edward Gibbon

  Communication, Army, Effort

  Edward Gibbon (2008). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.302, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British soldiers 1,034 were killed or wounded, including one in nine of all the officers the British lost in the whole war.

  Geoffrey Wheatcroft

  War, British Soldiers, Victory

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• Uno de los mayores males es la necedad de un hombre bueno. Para el hombre dadivoso, no es egoísta abstenerse de ayudar a alguien para asegurarse primero su fortificación personal, sino eludir una autodestrucción innecesaria; el martirio sólo es práctico cuando el pensamiento es morir, de lo contrario un buen hombre se enfrenta a la consecuencia de cavar un hoyo del que no puede escapar, y realmente no ayuda a nadie a largo plazo.

  Mike Norton

  Thanksgiving, Running, Selfish

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• Our shipping and sea service is our best and safest defence as being the only fortification and rampart of England.

  Walter Raleigh

  Sea, England, Shipping

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• Fuertes, arsenales, guarniciones, ejércitos, armadas, son medios de seguridad y defensa, que se inventaron en tiempos medio civilizados y en países feudales o despóticos; pero las escuelas son la línea republicana de fortificaciones, y si se desmantelan y dilapidan, la ignorancia y el vicio verterán sus legiones por cada brecha.

  Horace Mann

  País, Ignorancia, Media

  Horace Mann, William Bentley Fowle (1841). "Diario de la Escuela Común", p.271

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• I am not afraid of the priests in the long-run. Scientific method is the white ant which will slowly but surely destroy their fortifications. And the importance of scientific method in modern practical life--always growing and increasing--is the guarantee for the gradual emancipation of the ignorant upper and lower classes, the former of whom especially are the strength of the priests.

  Thomas Huxley

  Running, Class, White

  Thomas Henry Huxley, Henrietta A. Huxley (1908). "Aforismos y reflexiones"

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• Those eyes, they've got a history with mine. They were the first things I saw when I came to, after being hit in the skull with a baseball thrown by Patrick at Little League. They were the fortification I needed at sixteen to ride the chairlift at Sugarloaf, although I am terrified of heights. For almost my whole life, they've told me I'm doing all right, during moments when it was not in my own power to answer.

  Jodi Picoult

  Baseball, Eye, Skulls

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• Mussolini is quite humiliated because our troops have not moved a step forward. Even today they have not succeeded in advancing and have halted in front of the first French fortification which put up some resistance.

  Galeazzo Ciano

  War, Troops, World

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