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It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Rhetoric
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You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.: Demosthenes (384 BC - 322 BC), Third Olynthiac
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.: Chuang-tzu (369 BC - 286 BC), On Leveling All Things
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A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.: Sun-tzu (~400 BC), The Art of War. Strategic Assessments
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.: Sun-tzu (~400 BC), The Art of War. Strategic Assessments
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Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.: Sun-tzu (~400 BC), The Art of War. Emptiness and Fullness
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.: Menander (342 BC - 292 BC), Unidentified fragment
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.: Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC), Captivi
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.: Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC), Miles Gloriosus
On action alone be thy interest, Never on its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be thy motive, Nor be thy attachment to inaction.: Bhagavad Gita (250 BC - 250 AD), Chapter 2

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