Zhuge Liang Quotes

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Opportunistic relationships can hardly be kept constant. The acquaintance of honorable people, even at a distance, does not add flowers in times of warmth and does not change its leaves in times of cold: it continues unfading through the four seasons, becomes increasingly stable as it passes through ease and danger.

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To overcome the intelligent by folly is contrary to the natural order of things; to overcome the foolish by intelligence is in accord with the natural order. To overcome the intelligent by intelligence, however, is a matter of opportunity.

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First organize the inner, then organize the outer... First organize the great, then organize the small. First organize yourself, and then organize others.

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What loss is there in dignity, what worry is there of failure?

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Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang

Born: 181

Died: August 23, 234 (aged 53)

Bio: Zhuge Liang, courtesy name Kongming, was a chancellor and regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. He is recognised as the most accomplished strategist of his era, and has been compared to Sun Tzu, the author of The Art of War.

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