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Do nothing which is of no use.

Miyamoto Musashi

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Miyamoto Musashi
Died: 1645
Died: June 13
Author
Bushi
Calligrapher
Military Personnel
Painter
Philosopher
Ronin
Strategist
Writer
Shinmen Takezō
Musashi Masana
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Musashi
Takemura Musashi
Life
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In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.
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Do not sleep under a roof. Carry no money or food. Go alone to places frightening to the common brand of men. Become a criminal of purpose. Be put in jail, and extricate yourself by your own wisdom.
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Do not let the body be dragged along by mind nor the mind be dragged along by the body
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Also by training you will be able to freely control your own body, conquer men with your body, and with sufficient training you will be able to beat ten men with your spirit. When you have reached this point, will it not mean that you are invincible?
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A warrior has no confusion in his mind...This is true emptiness.
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When your opponent is hurrying recklessly, you must act contrarily and keep calm. You must not be influenced by the opponent.
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If you are not progressing along the true way, a slight twist in the mind can become a major twist. This must be pondered well.
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By knowing things that exist, you can know that which does not exist.
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If the enemy stays spirited it is difficult to crush him.
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from one thing, know ten thousand things
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Fixed formation is bad. Study this well.
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This is truth: When you sacrifice your life, you must make fullest use of your weaponry. It is false not to do so, and to die with a weapon as yet undrawn.
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When in a fight to the death, one wants to employ all one's weapons to the utmost. I must say that to die with one's sword still sheathed is most regrettable.
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Immature strategy is the cause of grief.
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A bullet from a gun does not make a distinction between practice and combat. You are training to be one and the same way in your life
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From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords are crossed the gun becomes useless.
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Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.
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If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy.
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It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. Even if a man has no natural ability he can be a warrior by sticking assiduously to both divisions of the Way.
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You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not enough. Without imitating anyone else, you should have as much weaponry as suits you.
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