Claude Louis Hector de Villars Quotes

I am going to drive your enemies so far that they shall not again see the banks of the Scheldt; and by a battle on my arrival, to regain all that has been taken from your majesty.

What! Is it expected that I, a Marshal of France, should be the first to escalade, when I order you to attack?

A general has to expose his life as much as he exposes the lives of others.

Do you want to know where Prince Eugene’s real enemies are? They are in Vienna, while mine are in Versailles.

My principal attention was always directed to the study of the younger generals. Such a one I found, by the boldness of his character, fit to lead a column of attack; another, from a disposition naturally cautious, but without being deficient in courage, more perfectly to be relied on for the defence of a country.

If God lets us have the grace of losing such a battle again, Your Majesty can count on all of his enemies being destroyed.