3000 BCE – 500 CE
Classical antiquity — Greece, Rome, and the great empires of the Mediterranean and East.
"Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
Without inner calm, one cannot achieve far-reaching goals.
— Zhuge Liang
"Without inner calm, one cannot achieve far-reaching goals."
Know your enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you …
— Sun Tzu
"Know your enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in per..."
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
— Alexander the Great
"There is nothing impossible to him who will try."
Tonight we shall dine in Hades.
— Leonidas I
"Tonight we shall dine in Hades."
All warfare is based on deception.
"All warfare is based on deception."
Place soldiers where there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight.
— Han Xin
"Place soldiers where there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight."
I have lived long enough, for I die unconquered.
— Epaminondas
"I have lived long enough, for I die unconquered."
I never learned how to tune a harp, but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory.
— Themistocles
"I never learned how to tune a harp, but I know how to raise a small and obscure ..."
"Success always calls for greater generosity."
"The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win."
Wine before us, let us sing; how brief is the span of mortal life.
— Cao Cao
"Wine before us, let us sing; how brief is the span of mortal life."
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