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“En la vida todo es cuestión de fe y tenacidad”
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“There are only four types of officers.
First, there are the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm.
Second, there are the hard-working intelligent ones. They make excellent staff officers, ensuring that every detail is properly considered.
Third, there are the hard-working, stupid ones. These people are a menace, and must be fired at once. They create irrelevant work for everybody.
Finally, there are the intelligent lazy ones. They are suited for the highest office.”
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First, there are the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm.
Second, there are the hard-working intelligent ones. They make excellent staff officers, ensuring that every detail is properly considered.
Third, there are the hard-working, stupid ones. These people are a menace, and must be fired at once. They create irrelevant work for everybody.
Finally, there are the intelligent lazy ones. They are suited for the highest office.”
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“For this reason I consider that troops composed of boys of twenty, under experienced leadership, are the most formidable.”
― The Storm of Steel: Original 1929 Translation
― The Storm of Steel: Original 1929 Translation
“If we didn’t know that the
devastating shellfire was coming from the Soviets, we could be forgiven for thinking that
here, on 13 December, the end of the world had begun.”
― Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
devastating shellfire was coming from the Soviets, we could be forgiven for thinking that
here, on 13 December, the end of the world had begun.”
― Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
“We live in a world that is ringing with the clangour of weapons. Mankind is arming on all sides, and it will go ill with a state that is unable or unwilling to rely on its own strength.”
― Achtung Panzer!
― Achtung Panzer!
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