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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle…
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled.…
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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth;…
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of…
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings…
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I…
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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven…
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Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a…
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to…
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the…
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not…
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Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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I made all my generals out of mud.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed.…
— Leonard Cohen
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As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their…
— Duke of Wellington
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Mad, is he? Then I hope that he will bite some of my other generals!
— George III
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We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but…
— Mark Twain
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In your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise:…
— Sun Tzu
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Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings.
— Zhuge Liang
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The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls is the…
— Sun Tzu
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When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.
— Duke of Wellington
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During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and…
— Abraham Lincoln
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