Sun Tzu: 凡用兵之法，全國爲上；破國次之；全軍爲上，破軍次之；全旅爲上，破旅次之；全卒爲上，破卒次之；全伍爲上，破伍次之。

凡用兵之法，全國爲上；破國次之；全軍爲上，破軍次之；全旅爲上，破旅次之；全卒爲上，破卒次之；全伍爲上，破伍次之。 — Sun Tzu

凡用兵之法，全國爲上；破國次之；全軍爲上，破軍次之；全旅爲上，破旅次之；全卒爲上，破卒次之；全伍爲上，破伍次之。

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見勝不過衆人之所識，非善之善者也。 — Sun Tzu
敵間之來間我者，因而利之，導而捨之，故反間可得而用也； — Sun Tzu
此兵之要，三軍之所恃而動也。 — Sun Tzu
不遇敵者，必戰無不勝，但每次交鋒，終必敗北。 — Sun Tzu
Five rules are of absolute necessity, and cannot be dispensed with without essen — Blaise Pascal
I have only two rules which I regard as principles of conduct. The first is: Hav — Albert Einstein
Any fool can make a rule And every fool will mind it. — Henry David Thoreau
Use these rules then, and trouble thyself about nothing else. — Marcus Aurelius
... The doctrine of Spinoza was of great importance, if for nothing more than ha — Benedictus de Spinoza
Die uns das Leben gaben, herrliche Gefühle, Erstarren in dem irdischen Gewühle. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To the man who aspires to know, no man who has been the meanest student of knowl — Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Not as all other women are Is she that to my soul is dear; Her glorious fancies — James Russell Lowell