Every unit that is not supported is a defeated unit. Maurice de Saxe More Quotes by Maurice de Saxe More Quotes From Maurice de Saxe Altogether, Cavalry operations are exceedingly difficult, knowledge of the country is absolutely necessary, and ability to comprehend the situation at a glance, and an audacious spirit, are everything. Maurice de Saxe operations spirit country It is not big armies that win battles, it is the good ones. Maurice de Saxe army military winning Everyone has seen people dancing all night. But take a man and make him dance for a quarter of an hour without music and see if he can bear it. Maurice de Saxe dance men night We (soldiers) are like cloaks,-one thinks of us only when it rains. Maurice de Saxe soldier rain thinking Hope encourages men to endure and attempt everything; in depriving them of it, or in making it too distant, you deprive them of their very soul. Maurice de Saxe soul military men