>>47979421Choose your battles wisely.
it will be advisable not to stir forth, but rather to retreat, thus enticing the enemy in his turn; then, when part of his army has come out, we may deliver our attack with advantage.
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace,It was Wellington, I think, who said that the hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.
whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.