“It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.”
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“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
“The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.”
― A Bend in the River
― A Bend in the River
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
― The Writing Life
― The Writing Life
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