Stratagem Quotes

20 quotes by 18 authors

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no person can sincerely try to help another without helping him or herself.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is… — Washington Irving
One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness. — Harold Pinter
On dispersive ground, therefore, fight not. On facile ground, halt not. On contentious ground, attack not. On open ground, do not try to block the… — Sun Tzu
To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy. — Rex Stout
The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more… — Eliza Haywood
The basis for the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount is not what works but rather the way God is. Cheek-turning is not advocated… — Stanley Hauerwas
So, then, the best of the historian is subject to the poet; for whatsoever action or faction, whatsoever counsel, policy, or war-stratagem the historian is… — Philip Sidney
Using the stratagem of defining character by what changes and what remains the same, the one constant always seems to be regret. We are defined… — Stephen Tobolowsky
If you love and serve man, you cannot, by any hiding or stratagem, escape remuneration. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Scratching people where they itch and addressing their 'felt needs' is a stratagem of the poor steward of the oracles of God. This was the… — R C Sproul
Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established residence for the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
There is not a little generalship and stratagem required in the managing and marshalling of our pleasures, so that each shall not mutually encroach to… — Charles Caleb Colton
Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The Marxians love of democratic institutions was a stratagem only, a pious fraud for the deception of the masses. Within a socialist community there is… — Ludwig von Mises
The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and anguished or mocking… — Harold Pinter
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used? — Virgil
The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible Stratagem… — John Lawson
The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; but his whole life is already a treason and a stratagem — Thomas Carlyle
I'm off to the gym. Replacing good character with good looks is a cornerstone of my comeback stratagem. — Dave Chappelle

Who Wrote These Stratagem Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 20 Stratagem Quotes as follows: