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Monday, February 22, 2016

War, Isabu

If you don't surrender, I'll release these hungry lions and have them eat you.

- Isabu (異斯夫)

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Poison, Italian Proverb

Poison quells poison.

- Italian Proverb

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Patriots, Bertrand Russell

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

- Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

Saturday, November 22, 2014

War, Bertrand Russell

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

- Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

Friday, November 21, 2014

War, Winston Churchill

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

- Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Monday, November 10, 2014

War, Napoleon Bonaparte

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)

Friday, March 14, 2014

War, Hotch from Criminal minds

Hotch: "Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime." Ernest Hemingway

- Aaron Hotchner, Criminal minds, Mayhem [4.1]

War, Ernest Hemingway

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

兵者，詭道也。故能而示之不能，用而示之不用，近而示之遠，遠而示之近。

- 孫子

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Common examples can also be found in English use, such as verse 18 in Chapter 1. This has been abbreviated to its most basic form and condensed into the English modern proverb:

All warfare is based on deception.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War

Monday, February 17, 2014

War, The Art of War

故曰：知彼知己，百戰不殆；不知彼而知己，一勝一負；不知彼，不知己，每戰必殆。

- 孫武, 孫子, 謀攻篇第三

So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose. If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself.

- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Verses from the book occur in modern daily Chinese idioms and phrases, such as the last verse of Chapter 3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War

Friday, December 20, 2013

War, Chester W. Nimitz

Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

- Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966)

Monday, October 21, 2013

Nationality, Genghis Khan

With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That task is left for you.

- Genghis Khan (1162-1227)