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Man Quotes by Sun Tzu
- Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man.
- Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.
- The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
- Bestow rewards without regard to rule, issue orders without regard to previous arrangements; and you will be able to handle a whole army as though…
- Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; (2) They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straight forwardness; (3) Without subtle ingenuity…
- A sovereign of high character and intelligence must be able to know the right man, should place the responsibility on him, and expect results.
- For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man is quick at…
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