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  • It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, be able to divide them; if equal, engage them; if fewer, defend against them; if weaker, be able to avoid them.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Sun Tzu Quotes , Art Quotes , War Quotes
  • My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me. While the past was a book he had read and re-read may times, the future was just one more literary work of art into which he used to pour himself with deep thought and concentration. Innumerable people since his death have told me how he used to read in the future, and this certainly was one of his very great strengths.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aga Khan IV Quotes , Art Quotes , Book Quotes
  • Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Art Quotes , Blessing Quotes
  • I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art: I altered the minds of men, and the colour of things: I awoke the imagination of my century so that it created myth and legend around me: I summed up all things in a phrase, all existence in an epigram: whatever I touched I made beautiful
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Beautiful Quotes , Art Quotes