وإن كان الغشّ مستنكَراً في سائر الأفعال، فإنه في شؤون الحرب محمودٌ ومجيد، ومن يغلب أعداءه بالحيلة يستحق الثناء مثلما يستحقه من يغلبهم بالقوة.

“Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by stratagem is as much to be praised as he who overcomes them by force.”Niccolo Machiavelli