Part III, The Mayors, section 3
The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
“Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.”
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist
Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton : The Illustrated London News, 1905-1907 (1986), p. 71
“A valiant mind no deadly danger fears;”
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604) English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era
From Reason and Affection. First published in Paradyse of Dainty Devices (1576), revised in the 1596 edition. It is also known as "Being in Love he complaineth". Published by Grosart in Miscellanies of the Fuller Worthies' Library, Vol. IV (1872)
Poems
Harry V. Jaffa (1918–2015) American historian and collegiate professor
2000s, Bush's Lincolnian Challenge (2002)
“To win was always deemed a splendid thing,
Whether it be by fortune or by skill.”
Ludovico Ariosto book Orlando Furioso
Fu il vincer sempremai laudabil cosa,
Vincasi o per fortuna o per ingegno.
Canto XV, stanza 1 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty
Variant translations
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities... It is best to win without fighting.
Source: The Art of War, Chapter III · Strategic Attack
“Take care of your smile. Remember that it is always a winning weapon against those who lie to you.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Prenditi cura del tuo sorriso. Ricorda che è sempre un'arma vincente contro chi ti mente.
Source: prevale.net
Michael Löwy (1938) French sociologist
Source: The War of Gods: Religion and Politics in Latin America (1996), p. 17 http://books.google.com/books?id=gyOHaZFpvL8C&pg=PA17
“You don’t hire for skills, you hire for attitude. You can always teach skills.”
Simon Sinek (1973) British/American author and motivational speaker
Source: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
David Horowitz (1939) Neoconservative activist, writer
[David, Horowitz, http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=17895, If You Would Rather Be Right Than President . . . Find Something Else To Do, FrontPageMagazine.com, June 3, 2003, 2016-02-12]
2003
Bai Chongxi (1893–1966) Chinese general
As quoted in Image, perception, and the making of U.S.-China relations (1998) http://books.google.com/books?id=gnmxDpX7ZlsC&pg=PA268&dq=Can+we+now+call+these+disguised+warlords+and+new+feudalists+genuine+revolutionaries&hl=en&ei=SjmmTPKiI4Wdlgen2bwY&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=We%20must%20take%20advantage%20of%20the%20victory%20in%20the%20anti-Japanese%20War%20to%20win%20our%20war%20against%20the%20Communist%20bandits%2C%20once%20for%20all&f=false by Hongshan Li and Zhaohui Hong, p. 268 ISBN 0761811583
