"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."

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Source : Sun Tzu (2010). “The Art of War”, p.11, Cosimo, Inc.

Sun Tzu

#War Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“What is it with McDonald's staff who pretend they don't understand you unless you insert the 'Mc' before the item you're ordering? It has to be a McChicken burger...a chicken burger gets blank looks. Well, I'll have a McStraw and jam it into your McEyes, you f**cking McTosser!”
“If you've got craft, you got game. If you got game, you can write your way in and out of anything. Writing is the best gig in the whole business, as far as I'm concerned. It's the only job where you don't have to wait for someone to tell you what to do. You just sit down and make s**t up.”
“Cynicism is a form of cowardice, a failure of courage to hope.”
“Good and bad luck is a synonym in the great majority of instances, for good and bad judgment.”
“Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see God's formula for success.”
“It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat.”
“Fear tolerated is faith contaminated.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 27, 2014
“It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.”

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