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Without enemies around us, we grow lazy. An enemy at our heels
Without enemies around us, we grow lazy. An enemy at our heels sharpens our wits, keeping us focused and alert. It is sometimes better, then, to use ...

Symbol: The Summer Storm. The hot days follow one another,
Symbol: The Summer Storm. The hot days follow one another, with no end in sight. The earth is parch ed and dry. Then there come...

Defeat is bitter. Bitter to the common soldier, but trebly bitter
Defeat is bitter. Bitter to the common soldier, but trebly bitter to his general. The soldier may comfort himself with the thought that, whatever the ...

Make people depend on you. More is to be gained from such
Make people depend on you. More is to be gained from such dependence than courtesy. He who has slaked his thirst, immediately turns his back on the w...

Authority: Therefore I should wish our courtier to bolster up his
Authority: Therefore I should wish our courtier to bolster up his inherent worth with skill and cunning, and ensure that whenever he has to go where ...

According to the great mathematician Jacques Hadamard, most
According to the great mathematician Jacques Hadamard, most mathematicians think in terms of images, creating a visual equivalent of the theorem they ...