Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov
Field Marshal Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov Quotations

Russian Field Marshal
Lived: 1729-1800
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Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov Quotes

"One minute can decide the outcome of the battle,
one hour - the outcome of the campaign,
and one day - the fate of the country."
- Russian Field Marshal Prince Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov

"Win with ability, not with numbers"
- Field Marshal Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov

"Accustom yourself to tireless activity..."
- Field Marshal Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov

"When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off,
encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded."
- Field Marshal Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov

"The bullet is a mad thing; only the bayonet knows what it is about"
- Field Marshal Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov,
 "The science of victory" 1796

"Die for the Virgin, for your mother the Empress, for the royal family. The
Church will pray to God for the dead. The survivor has honor and glory"
- Field Marshal Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov.
"The Science of Victory" 1796

"The more comfort the less courage there is"
- Field Marshal Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov,
Published in "Soviet Military Review" 1979

"If we had not driven them into hell, hell would have swallowed us."
- Field Marshal Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov,
1787, The battle of Kinburn

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