What is this quote and who coined it?

Question:There was this military general (i beleive french) who coined the term the rife is a ----- but the bayonet is a fine fellow or soemthign along those lines.

If someone could fill the blank i would be grateful.

Answers:
The gist of the quote is "The bullet is a fool, the bayonet a fine fellow", believed to have been said by Alexander Vailevich Suvorov, a Russian Marshall, 1729-1800. In 1942, the Soviet Union created the Suvorov Honor in his memory.

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