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Suvorov is one of the few generals in history ( along with Alexander the Great, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Khalid ibn al-Walid and Genghis Khan ) who never lost a battle.

He was famed for his military manual The Science of Victory and noted for several of his sayings, including " What is difficult in training will become easy in a battle ", " The bullet is a mad thing ; only the bayonet knows what it is about ", and " Perish yourself but rescue your comrade !".

He taught his soldiers to attack instantly and decisively: " Attack with the cold steel!

Push hard with the bayonet!

" He joked with the men, calling common soldiers ' brother ', and shrewdly presented the results of detailed planning and careful strategy as the work of inspiration.