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He presumably didn't say it in Latin though ;-)
by arethuza 6y ago
He presumably didn't say it in Latin though ;-)
- 082349872349872 6y agowhich is why we know 𐤌𐤄𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋's famous line as Vincere scis victoria uti nescis. ==== https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharbal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharbal discusses the merits of this statement at the time. I find it in keeping with his branch of service, as a cavalry commander. (Weinberg's line about 30[1] was an echo of Lasalle's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Weinberg#"Don't_trust_anyone_over_30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Weinberg#"Don't_trust_any..." https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Charles_Louis_de_Lasalle#Retour_en_France https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Charles_Louis_de_Lasal... ) Q. How did Napoleon's HQ decide which branch to assign butterbars fresh from the academy? A. Oral exam. Ask each candidate the same question: what is 2+2? If he answers "4": artillery If he yells out "3!" upon hearing just "2 plus...": cavalry If he counts on his fingers under the table: infantry If he asks "what would you like it to be?": logistics [1] some friends came back from watching The Who and reported that when Daltrey sang "I hope I die before I get old" the guy next to them yelled "too late!" ==== Incidentally, the aut ... aut ... construction reminds me of https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/lamport-howtowrite.ps https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/lamport-howtowrite.ps page 3, only in one temporal dimension, sans parentheses, rather than two physical.
- gadders 6y agoHe may well have never said it at all :-)