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Quotation from On War by Carl von Clausewitz
“Everything is very simple in War, but the simplest thing is difficult”
On War, Book I, Ch. 7, Friction in War, trans. J. J. Graham (1873), rev. F. N. Maude (1908)
The opening of the friction chapter, followed by the parable of a traveller delayed at the last post-station.
Citation: "Everything is very simple in War, but the simplest thing is difficult" — Carl von Clausewitz, On War, Book I, Ch. 7, Friction in War, trans. J. J. Graham (1873), rev. F. N. Maude (1908). (id on-war-q9)
Portrait: Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), Wilhelm Wach, Public domain.
