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Victory over the foe proceedeth not from the greatness of armies, nor defeat from inferiority of numbers.

AND by experience it is known unto me, that victory over the foe proceedeth not from the greatness of armies, nor defeat from inferiority of numbers: for conquest is obtained by the Divine Favour, and by skilful and judicious measures.

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. Quoted to the colon; the sentence continues by crediting divine favour and skilful measures. Traditionally ascribed to Timur; the surviving compilation is generally dated to the seventeenth century.