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When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor... — Niccolo Machiavelli
The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they… — Niccolo Machiavelli
A clever general... avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the… — Sun Tzu
By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes,… — Sun Tzu
Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose. — Sun Tzu
In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed. — Sun Tzu
A prince... must learn from the fox and the lion... One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten… — Niccolo Machiavelli
When settling disputes between his subjects, he should ensure that his judgement is irrevocable; and he should be so regarded that no one ever dreams… — Niccolo Machiavelli
O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! — Sun Tzu
There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take… — Sun Tzu
Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours. — Niccolo Machiavelli
When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become, as it were, like rolling logs or stones... The energy developed by good fighting men is… — Sun Tzu
Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they… — Zhuge Liang
An enlightened ruler doesnot worry about people not knowing him; he worriesabout not knowing people. — Zhuge Liang
Nothing is harder to see into thanpeoples nature. The sage looks at subtle phenomena and listens tosmall voices. This harmonizes the outside with the inside… — Zhuge Liang
Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings. — Zhuge Liang
It may be observed, that provinces amid the vicissitudes to which they are subject, pass from order into confusion, and afterward recur to a state… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation… — Niccolo Machiavelli
No proceeding is better than that which you have concealed from the enemy until the time you have executed it. To know how to recognize… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so. — Niccolo Machiavelli
In the same manner, having been reduced by disorder, and sunk to their utmost state of depression, unable to descend lower, they, of necessity, reascend;… — Niccolo Machiavelli
If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force or fraud; and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Those who either from imprudence or want of sagacity avoid doing so, are always overwhelmed with servitude and poverty; for faithful servants are always servants,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
God and nature have thrown all human fortunes into the midst of mankind; and they are thus attainable rather by rapine than by industry, by… — Niccolo Machiavelli

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