If you want peace, prepare for the war.

- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

Who would desire peace should be prepared for war.

- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

Men are seldom born brave but they acquire courage through training and discipline - a handful of men inured to war proceed to certain victory; while…

- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

When men find they must inevitably perish, they willingly resolve to die with their comrades and with their arms in their hands.

- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

An army is strengthened by labor and enervated by idleness.

- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

Opportunity in war is usually of greater value than bravery... Terrain is often of more value than bravery... Bravery is of more value than numbers.

- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession.

- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

No great dependence is to be placed on the eagerness of young soldiers for action...fighting is agreeable to those who are strangers to it.

- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus