A brave colonel makes a brave battalion.

Frederick II (1712-1786) King of Prussia (a.k.a. Frederick the Great)
(Attributed)

Quoted in R.R. Palmer, "Frederick the Great, Guibert, Bulow: From Dynastic to National War," in E. Earle (ed.), Makers of Modern Strategy (1943)


 
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