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Wu Qi Quotes

440 BC–381 BC China

Wu Qi (simplified Chinese: 吴起; traditional Chinese: 吳起; pinyin: Wú Qǐ; Wade–Giles: Wu Ch'i, 440–381 BC) was a Warring States period Chinese military general, philosopher, and Chancellor of the Chu state, reforming the Chu state.

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A general good at commanding troops is like one sitting in a leaking boat or lying under a burning roof. For there is no time for the wise to offer counsel nor the brave to be angry. All must come to grips with the enemy. And therefore it is said that of all the dangers in employing troops, timidity is the greatest and that the calamities which overtake an army arise from hesitation.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Wu Qi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.