500 – 1500 CE
The age of knights, samurai, and Renaissance city-states.
Do nothing which is of no use.
— Miyamoto Musashi
"Do nothing which is of no use."
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
— Niccolò Machiavelli
"Never was anything great achieved without danger."
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
Life is like a long journey with a heavy burden; let your step be slow and steady.
— Tokugawa Ieyasu
"Life is like a long journey with a heavy burden; let your step be slow and stead..."
If the cuckoo will not sing, wait for it.
"If the cuckoo will not sing, wait for it."
I am not afraid; I was born to do this.
— Joan of Arc
"I am not afraid; I was born to do this."
Beware of shedding blood; trust not in that, for blood that is spilt never slumbers.
— Saladin
"Beware of shedding blood; trust not in that, for blood that is spilt never slumb..."
There is no spot on my body but bears a wound, yet here I die in my bed, as the cowards die.
— Khalid ibn al-Walid
"There is no spot on my body but bears a wound, yet here I die in my bed, as the ..."
Act, and God will act.
"Act, and God will act."
If the cuckoo will not sing, kill it.
— Oda Nobunaga
"If the cuckoo will not sing, kill it."
Swift as the wind, silent as a forest, fierce as fire, immovable as a mountain.
— Takeda Shingen
"Swift as the wind, silent as a forest, fierce as fire, immovable as a mountain."
The way is in training.
"The way is in training."
