"Does His Majesty think that we are all w-nk-rs? Tell the Prince that my opinion is that His Royal Highness should sally forth and attack Marshal Keith."
--Attributed by General Henry Lloyd to the mortally wounded Marshal Browne after the battle of Prague and quoted in "1757: The Defense of Prague"
"Firearms and not cold steel now decide battles."
--Marshal de Puységur, Art de la "Guerre" (1748)
"We should try to make war without leaving anything to chance. In this lies the talent of a general."
--Maurice de Saxe, "Mes Révéries (pub. 1757)
"But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at."
--William Cowper (1731 – 1800), "The Task," V. 187
"'Tis mine, destruction to defy, To boldly meet the coming storm; As king to think, to live, to die."
--Frederick the Great to Voltaire written at the commencement of the Seven Years War
Seven Years War Association members are invited, encouraged in fact, to send me any interesting, pithy, profound, or just plain silly 18th century quotes. I'll be sure to publish them.
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