Defence Quote by Plutarch Download Open image “Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best defence against a knave.” — Plutarch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Defence Doctrine Firsts Knavery Knaves
A thorough-paced knave will rarely quarrel with one whom he can cheat: his revenge is plunder; therefore he is usually the most forgiving of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It is in Zen practice that you gain power, balance and wisdom. The battles that you fight are within your own mind. That is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is. — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
So Zeno is most famous for his tortoise paradox. Let us imagine that you are in a race with a tortoise. The tortoise has… — John Green Copy Share Image
Zen is...joyous iconoclasm which respects nothing and no one, particularly itself. — Dave Brandon Copy Share Image
“Sayings and Doings of Ta-zan') is one of the best Zen books. [FN#142]” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Nothing is richer than precious stones and than gold; nothing is finer than adamant, nothing nobler than the blood of kings; nothing is sacred… — Jean Passerat Copy Share Image
Someone who wants to attain enlightenment must be brave. He must rush into the crowd of enemies with a dagger. In the practice of… — Yamada Koun Copy Share Image
“Near Tokyo lived a great Samurai warrior, now old, who decided to teach Zen Buddhism to young people. In spite of his age, the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We can see unmistakeably that there is an inner relationship between Zen and the warrior's life. — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are." — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Speech is like cloth of Arras opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
When I talk about my childhood I used to say it as if it was scripted and I'd make jokes because it was a… — Kerry Katona Copy Share Image
Everyone says there's a lot of strength, a lot of big guys in defence, the Premier League is very fast and there's a lot… — Timo Werner Copy Share Image
“No thanky-you; you can't overcome hatred with more hatred. Force can kill the liar but not the lie, the hater but not the hate,… — Joss Sheldon Copy Share Image
Commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and military defence. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In each studio there is a human being dressed in the full regalia of his myth fearing to expore a vulnerable opening, spreading not… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“It’s so easy to lose faith and become lost in all of the politics of the world. That’s why we need the arts. To… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
The investment in our mining industry has been very positive for Australia but we need to be doing more if we want, as I… — Gina Rinehart Copy Share Image
A ten per cent reduction in military expenditures per year would be reasonable, coupled with a programme of retraining the workforce and redirecting the… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
I think a goalkeeper has to participate at the back of the defence and come off the line to play. — Thibaut Courtois Copy Share Image
Those who deny the right of a jury to protect an individual in resisting an unjust law of the government, deny him all defence… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from… — Philip Hammond Copy Share Image
