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The duty of the general is to ride by the ranks on horseback, show himself to those in danger, praise the brave, threaten the cowardly, encourage the lazy, fill
by p3rls 7y ago
The duty of the general is to ride by the ranks on horseback, show himself to those in danger, praise the brave, threaten the cowardly, encourage the lazy, fill up gaps, transpose a company if necessary, bring aid to wearied, anticipate the crisis, the hour, and the outcome. - Onasander
- WilliamEdward 7y agoAnd get paid far more than the average worker - Onasander
- rodolphoarruda 7y agoI don't think the average worker would agree to do the work of his general without a change in his wage.
- goatinaboat 7y agoBritish Army private’s pay is £20k, general £120k. It’s far less than the ratio in a typical corporation.
- combatentropy 7y agoSeems all well and good, except: > threaten the cowardly, encourage the lazy You would reap more fruit if you encouraged the cowardly and threatened the lazy.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agois this a joke I'm not understanding - I ask just because fruit is not normally something one reaps. At any rate the construction of the phrase attempts to pair the sin with a motivator suited to that sin - threaten is suited to cowardice because one should be afraid of threats. That said - I would have gone with prod the lazy.
- Confusion 7y agoI think it's just someone, possibly a non native speaker, mixing "reaping the benefits of" and "plucking the fruits of"