The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

As long as there is life there is danger.