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When someone is giving you his opinion, you should receive it with deep gratitude even though it is worthless. If you don't, he will not… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm.… — Miyamoto Musashi
Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
It is said that one should not hesitate to correct himself when he has made a mistake. If he corrects himself without the least bit… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
One must never be perfidious to his master. In the Lun Yu it says: One should act according to the way even in times of… — Takeda Nobushige
In the eyes of mercy, no one should have hateful thoughts. Feel pity for the man who is even more at fault. The area and… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people of rank. It… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
When one would make a surprise attack on the enemy, he should avoid the major roads and seek out the lesser ones. Then attack. — Takeda Nobushige
One should not utter a word about his own inadequacies. In the Oxo it says: 'When a man lets out a single word, the long… — Takeda Nobushige
The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
A warrior should not say something fainthearted, even casually. He should set his mind to this beforehand. Even in trifling matters the depths of one's… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while adhering to the… — Imagawa Sadayo
Having been born into the house of a warrior, one's intentions should be to grasp the long and the short swords and to die. — Kato Kiyomasa
You should not have a favourite weapon. To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well. — Miyamoto Musashi
One should have insight into this world of dreams that passes in the twinkling of an eye. — Hojo Shigetoki
If you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Learning is to a man as the leaves and branches are to a tree, and it can be said that he should simply not be… — Takeda Shingen
Every man should arm himself as quickly as he could, and come to the King. — Unknown Author
And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other on the previous Shrove Tuesday;… — Jean de Joinville

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