Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Maurice de Saxe

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Maurice, Count of Saxony was a notable soldier, officer and a famed military commander of the 18th century. The illegitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, he initially served in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire, then the Imperial Army before finally entering French service. De Saxe became a Marshal and even Marshal General of France. He is best known for his deeds in the War of the Austrian Succession and especially for his decisive victory at the Battle of Fontenoy. He is honoured by the Walhalla Memorial.

Celebrity | October 28, 1696 - November 20, 1750

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Everyone has seen people dancing all night. But take a man and make him dance for a quarter of an hour without music and see if he can bear it.

Maurice de Saxe

Hope encourages men to endure and attempt everything; in depriving them of it, or in making it too distant, you deprive them of their very soul.

Maurice de Saxe

Altogether, Cavalry operations are exceedingly difficult, knowledge of the country is absolutely necessary, and ability to comprehend the situation at a glance, and an audacious spirit, are everything.

Maurice de Saxe

It is not big armies that win battles, it is the good ones.

Maurice de Saxe

We (soldiers) are like cloaks,-one thinks of us only when it rains.

Maurice de Saxe