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Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings.

Zhuge Liang

The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.
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Fight Ignorance Win Wisdom
First organize the inner, then organize the outer. First organize the great, then organize the small. First organize yourself, and then organize others.
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Greatness Organization Small Yourself
There is no greater weapon than a prepared mind.
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Greatness Mindset Preparation Weapon
What loss is there in dignity, what worry is there of failure?
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Dignity Failure Loss Worry
Detach from emotions and desires; get rid of any fixations.
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Desire Emotion Limitation
Do the unexpected, attack the unprepared.
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Expectation Preparation Surprise
To overcome the intelligent by folly is contrary to the natural order of things; to overcome the foolish by intelligence is in accord with the natural order. To overcome the intelligent by intelligence, however, is a matter of opportunity.
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Enemy Fools Intelligence Natural Opportunity
Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.
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Angry Fight Ignorance Skill Win
Battles are not won by strength alone!
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Alone Battle Strength
Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings.
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Brave Fierce Goodness Intelligence Tiger
Strength is but one aspect of power.
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Aspect One Liner Power Strength
Nothing is harder to see into thanpeoples nature. The sage looks at subtle phenomena and listens tosmall voices. This harmonizes the outside with the inside and the inside with the outside.
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Hard Harmony Listening Nature See Small Voice
The loss of any army is always caused by underestimating the enemy. Therefore gather information and watch the enemy carefully.
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Army Care Enemy Loss Observation
An enlightened ruler doesnot worry about people not knowing him; he worriesabout not knowing people.
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Enlightenment Known Myself People Worry

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