500 – 1500 CE
The age of knights, samurai, and Renaissance city-states.
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
— Niccolò Machiavelli
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
Swift as the wind, silent as a forest, fierce as fire, immov…
— Takeda Shingen
"Swift as the wind, silent as a forest, fierce as fire, immovable as a mountain."
I am not afraid; I was born to do this.
— Joan of Arc
"I am not afraid; I was born to do this."
People are your castle, people are your walls, people are your moat.
"People are your castle, people are your walls, people are your moat."
If the cuckoo will not sing, wait for it.
— Tokugawa Ieyasu
"If the cuckoo will not sing, wait for it."
Do nothing which is of no use.
— Miyamoto Musashi
"Do nothing which is of no use."
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."
Life is like a long journey with a heavy burden; let your step be slow and steady.
"Life is like a long journey with a heavy burden; let your step be slow and stead..."
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 ..."
"Rule the realm by force of arms."
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