Alexander Suvorov Quotes

• What is difficult in training will become easy in a battle

  Alexander Suvorov

  Training, Battle, Easy

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• One minute can decide the outcome of the battle, one hour - the outcome of the campaign, and one day - the fate of the country.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Country, Military, War

  "Encyclopedia of Russian History" by James R. Millar, Soviet Union, (p. 1504), 2004.

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• Train hard, fight easy.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Fighting, Train Hard, Easy

  "The Art of Victory" by Alexander Suvorov, New York, 1965.

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• Fight the enemy with the weapons he lacks.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Military, Fighting, Words Of Wisdom

  "Suvorov". Book by K. Ossipov, 1945.

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• He who is afraid is half beaten.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Half, Beaten

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• The more comfort the less courage there is.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Military, War, Army

  "The Book of Military Quotations" by Peter G. Tsouras, (p. 101), 1998.

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• No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Practice, Battle, Study

  "Suvorov". Book by K. Ossipov, 1945.

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• A hard drill makes an easy battle.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Battle, Easy, Drills

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• Win with ability, not with numbers.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Military, War, Winning

  "Military Pedagogy - A Soviet View". Book by A.M. Danchenko and I.F. Vydrin, 1973.

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• As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be treated generously.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Fighting, Long, Enemy

  "Yesterday and Today, 1917-1967: Contemporaries Report on the Progress of German Soviet Friendship". Published by Verlag Zeit im Bild and Agentsvo pechati "Novosti", 1967.

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• The bullet is a mad thing; only the bayonet knows what it is about.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Military, War, Mad

  "The Science of Victory". Book by Alexander Suvorov, 1796.

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• To me death is better than the defensive.

  Alexander Suvorov

  "Suvorof". Book by W. Lyon Blease, 1926.

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• There is nobody more terrible than the desperate.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Desperate, Terrible

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• Judgment of eye, speed and attack are the basis of victory.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Eye, Victory, Judgment

  "Warren Bartlett Walsh". Book by Warren Bartlett Walsh, 3rd edition, p. 694, 1959.

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• A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Strong, Cutting, Thinking

  "The Basic Principles of Operational Art and Tactics: A Soviet View". Book by V. Ye. Savkin, 1972.

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• To surprise the enemy is to defeat him.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Enemy, Defeat, Surprise

  "As Military Adviser in China". Book by Aleksandr Cherepanov, p. 245, 1982.

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• Accustom yourself to tireless activity.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Military, War, Activity

  "The Book of Military Quotations". Book by Peter G. Tsouras, p. 23, 2005.

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• Fortune seized at the right moment gives victory.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Giving, Victory, Moments

  "Political Affairs" by Earl Browder, (p. 1005), 2001.

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• When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Military, War, Cutting

  "The Book of Military Quotations". Book by Peter G. Tsouras, p. 124, 2005.

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• The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a fine chap.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Bayonets, Bullets, Fool

  "Nauka pobezhdat" by Alexander Suvorov, 1806.

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• Exercises cultivated self-reliance - the foundation of courage.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Exercise, Self, Foundation

  "Suvorov". Book by K. Ossipov, 1945.

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• The Church will pray to God for the dead. The survivor has honour and glory.

  Alexander Suvorov

  War, Church, Survivor

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• Fire opens the gates of victory.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Fire, Victory, Gates

  "Field Marshal Kutuzov: A short biography". Book by Mikhail Bragin, 1944.

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• Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Giving, Soldier, Patterns

  "Suvorof". Book by W. Lyon Blease, 1926.

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• One cannot think that blind bravery gives victory over the enemy.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Thinking, Giving, Bravery

  "The Book of Military Quotations" by Peter G. Tsouras, (p. 55), 1998.

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