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“Too many unstable words are spoken
by him who ne'er holds his peace;
the hasty tongue sings its own mishap
if it be not bridled in.”
―
by him who ne'er holds his peace;
the hasty tongue sings its own mishap
if it be not bridled in.”
―
“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity”
― A Arte da Guerra
― A Arte da Guerra
“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“The groups of muscles that have become virtually unnecessary in modern life, though still a vital element of a man’s body, are obviously pointless from a practical point of view, and bulging muscles are as unnecessary as a classical education is to the majority of practical men. Muscles have gradually become something akin to classical Greek. To revive the dead language, the discipline of the steel was required; to change the silence of death into the eloquence of life, the aid of steel was essential.”
― Sun & Steel
― Sun & Steel
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