• This quote has also been attributed to Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (9 March 1749 – 2 April 1791); Hemetsberger, Paul English-German online dictionary, publisher: dict.cc
• An early English source from 1872 simply uses the popular quote anonymously. (1872), HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, THIRD SERIES: COMMENCING WITH THE ACCESSION OF WILLIAM IV, CCIX chapter: Supply — Considered in Committee — Army Estimates, page: 1355, place: 23 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, publisher: CORNELIUS BUCK
Prussia was not a country with an army, but an army with a country.
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Prussia was not a country with an army, but an army with a country." in the context of "Describing the reign of Frederick the Great; Mitcham, Samuel W. Jr. (2007), Rommel's Lieutenants, chapter: Chapter 1: The Source of Rommel's Officers, page: 1, publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
• This quote has also been attributed to Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (9 March 1749 – 2 April 1791); Hemetsberger, Paul English-German online dictionary, publisher: dict.cc
• An early English source from 1872 simply uses the popular quote anonymously. (1872), HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, THIRD SERIES: COMMENCING WITH THE ACCESSION OF WILLIAM IV, CCIX chapter: Supply — Considered in Committee — Army Estimates, page: 1355, place: 23 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, publisher: CORNELIUS BUCK" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
