Ancient wisdom Quotes

"To know your enemy, you must become your enemy."

"Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: 1) He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight; 2) he will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces; 3) he will win whose army is animated by the same spirit th"

"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad"

"I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks."

"Guests like fish begin to smell after three days"

"One of the strange things about old beliefs is that they are, as a rule, robust "

"The skillful tactician may be likened to the shuai-jan. Now the shuai-jan is a snake that is found in the Ch'ang mountains. Strike at its head, and you will be attacked by its tail; strike at its tail, and you will be attacked by its head; strike at its mi"

"The more flesh, the more worms; the more property, the more anxiety; the more wives, the more witchcraft; the more maidservants, the more unchastity; the more slaves, the more robbery"

"What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease."

"Life is short, the art long"