To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well.вЂќ It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords are crossed the gun becomes useless.вЂќ вЂњFrom inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. вЂњThe bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly among the spearmen.вЂќ With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive.вЂќ вЂњThe halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. The long sword can be used effectively in all situations.вЂќ вЂњThe best use of the companion sword is in a confined space, or when you are engaged closely with an opponent. It will seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.вЂќ вЂњIt is not difficult to wield a sword in one hand the Way to learn this is to train with two long swords, one in each hand. It is false not to do so, and to die with a weapon as yet undrawn.вЂќ вЂњThis is truth: When you sacrifice your life, you must make fullest use of your weaponry. вЂњWhen you appreciate the power of nature, knowing the rhythm of any situation, you will be able to hit the enemy naturally and strike naturally.вЂќ The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great Buddha from a one foot model.вЂќ вЂњThe spirit of defeating a man is the same for ten million men. The teacher is as a needle, the disciple is as thread. вЂњIf you want to learn the craft of war, ponder over this book. The way of the carpenter is to become proficient in the use of his tools, first to lay his plans with true measure and then perform his work according to plan. If a gentlemen dislikes strategy he will not appreciate the benefit of weaponry, so must he not have a little taste for this?вЂќ The way of the warrior is to master the virtue of his weapons. вЂњThirdly, the gentlemen warrior, carrying the weaponry of his way. The way of the merchant is always to live by taking profit.вЂќ His ingredients and puts them to use to make his living. Through to autumns with an eye on the changes of the season.вЂќ Using agricultural instruments, he sees springs вЂњAs if with the nut and flower, the nut has become less than the flowerвЂ¦Д«oth those teaching and those learning are concerned with colouring and showing off their technique, trying to hasten the bloom of the flower.вЂќ вЂњThe way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.вЂќ вЂњWhen you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. вЂњCutting down the enemy is the way of strategy,ДЄnd there is no need for many refinements of it.вЂќ вЂњEvery day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.вЂќ вЂњDo not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. вЂњThe arts of peace and the arts of war are like two wheels of a cart which, lacking one, will have difficulty in standing.вЂќ вЂњHaving been born into the house of a warrior, oneвЂ™s intentions should be to grasp the long and the short swords and to die.вЂќ All loading screen philosophic proverbs & war-art quotes are here.

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