War Quotes

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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment. — Dogen
The way of the samurai is found in death. When it comes to either or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is… — Nabeshima Naoshige
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
There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near. — Sun Tzu
What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. — Sun Tzu
To cut and slash are two different things. Cutting, whatever form of cutting it is, is decisive, with a resolute spirit. Slashing is nothing more… — 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
There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be… — Ieyasu Tokugawa
A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your… — Nabeshima Naoshige
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
When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is… — Sun Tzu
Let the boy win his spurs. — Edward III of England
We shall then defeat the whole lot of them in one go! — Edward III of England
If you do not leave this pasturage, Saladin will come and attack you here. And if you retreat from this attack the shame and reproach… — Unknown Author
No one conquers who doesn't fight. — Unknown Author
Every man should arm himself as quickly as he could, and come to the King. — Unknown Author
O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare

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