Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty
Source: The Art of War, Chapter I · Detail Assessment and Planning
Original: Siate la persona che fa pace col suo potere. Abbiate il passo sicuro di chi ha combattuto battaglie vere e lo sguardo di chi non ha più bisogno di spiegarsi. Non vi giustificate più: siate. Chi vi incontra, lo sentirà.
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Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty
Source: The Art of War, Chapter I · Detail Assessment and Planning
“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”
Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist known for his critical theory of society
Source: On the Fetish Character in Music and the Regression of Listening (1938), p. 286
“One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.”
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) German philosopher
Original: (de) Wer sich aber zum Wurm macht, kann nachher nicht klagen, dass er mit Füßen getreten wird.
Source: Part two: Metaphysical Principles of Virtue page 98. note: Metaphysics of Morals (1797)
Ali al-Rida (770–818) eighth of the Twelve Imams
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 352.
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