Sima Yi quotes
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“Attack if you can attack, defend if you can't attack, flee if you can't defend, surrender if you can't flee, die if you can't surrender!”
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“There are five possible operations for any army. If you can fight, fight; if you cannot fight, defend; if you cannot defend, flee; if you cannot flee, surrender; if you cannot surrender, die.”
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“There are five options in war: fight, defend, flee, surrender, or die. You have proven inept at the first two, and now have the temerity to surrender. Death is all you deserve!”
-- Sima Yi
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“Yet, beauty cannot be forgotten, Eternal Wisdom can never die.”
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“It was far too absurd to die of a Tuesday”
Source : Jamie O'Neill (2002). “At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel”, p.458, Simon and Schuster
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“I've had a good run of birthdays, and now no one will notice when I die.”
Source : Source: www.avclub.com
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“Eliminate the impossible. Then if nothing remains, some part of the 'impossible' was possible.”
Source : Rocket to the Morgue Interlude (1942) See Arthur Conan Doyle 10
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“Someone can only be vampiric if you allow it.”
Source : Source: pitchfork.com
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