“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”
― The Book of Rites
― The Book of Rites
“You say that a good cause will even sanctify war! I tell you, it is the good war that sanctifies every cause!”
― Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
― Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
“Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.”
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“You can only fight the way you practice”
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
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