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It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
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Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Rhetoric
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A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.
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Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Rhetoric
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Demosthenes (384 BC - 322 BC), First Olynthiac
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.
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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.
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Chuang-tzu (369 BC - 286 BC), On Leveling All Things
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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Chuang-tzu (369 BC - 286 BC), The Great Supreme
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A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.
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Sun-tzu (~400 BC), The Art of War. Strategic Assessments
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.
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Sun-tzu (~400 BC), The Art of War. Planning a Siege
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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.
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Sun-tzu (~400 BC), The Art of War. Emptiness and Fullness
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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Menander (342 BC - 292 BC), Unidentified fragment
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