In this uncertain world, we cannot know what tomorrow brings.
定めなき浮世にて候えば、一日先は知らざる事に候。
Military Strategists
Sanada Yukimura
Called 'the greatest warrior in Japan' by his enemies, Sanada Yukimura made his last stand at the Siege of Osaka (1615) in a doomed but glorious defense that has defined Japanese heroism for four centuries. His tactical brilliance in hopeless circumstances embodies the ideal of fighting not to win, but to create meaning through defiance.
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人間五十年、下天の内をくらぶれば、夢幻のごとくなり。
-- Oda Nobunaga
是非に及ばず。
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If the cuckoo will not sing, I shall make it want to sing.
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I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.
-- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
No plan survives first contact with the enemy.
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