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One tried soldier, of magnanimity, and of bravery, and of resolution, and of skill, and of circumspection is more valuable than a thousand men who want discretion and knowledge. For one experienced and able soldier can direct the efforts of thousands of thousands.

AND by experience it is known unto me, that one tried soldier, of magnanimity, and of bravery, and of resolution, and of skill, and of circumspection is more valuable than a thousand men who want discretion and knowledge. For one experienced and able soldier can direct the efforts of thousands of thousands.

Amir Timur
from Institutes Political and Military (Tuzukat-i Timuri), Book I, Designs and Enterprises, p. 7, trans. Major William Davy, ed. Joseph White, Oxford 1783. Traditionally ascribed to Timur; the surviving compilation is generally dated to the seventeenth century. ↗