Note 66 — Chapter II · THE MEANS OF CONDUCTING WAR
J. H. (John Hartman) Morgan translation
“One makes use in war of the skin of the lion or the fox indifferently. Cunning often succeeds where force would fail; it is therefore absolutely necessary to make use of both; sometimes force can be countered by force, while on the other hand force has often to yield to cunning.”—Frederick the Great, in his General Principles of War, Art. xi.