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- There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, and a third which imitates them.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Parts of Animals
- 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
- 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.
- Sun-tzu (~400 BC), The Art of War. Planning a Siege
- 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
- Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth.
- Archimedes (287 BC - 212 BC), from Pappus of Alexandria, Collectio
- There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.
- Polybius (205 BC - 118 BC), History
- The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.
- Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BC - 27 BC), On Agriculture
- Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings.
- Horace (65 BC - 8 BC), Odes
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