[Literally, "do not tell them words;" i.e. do not give your reasons fo… — The Art of War
SAPIR 861
[Literally, "do not tell them words;" i.e. do not give your reasons for any order. Lord Mansfield once told a junior colleague to "give no reasons" for his decisions, and the maxim is even more applicable to a general than to a judge.]
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