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Know your enemy, know his sword.

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
Niten
Miyamoto Musashi Niten
Miyamoto Niten
Musashi
Takemura Musashi
Sword
Enemy

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As if with the nut and flower, the nut has become less than the flower... both those teaching and those learning are concerned with colouring and showing off their technique, trying to hasten the bloom of the flower.
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Accept everything just the way it is.
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Too much is the same as not enough.
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All man are the same except for their belief in their own selves, regardless of what others may think of them
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Pay attention even to life's trifles.
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By knowing things that exist, you can know that which does not exist.
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The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them
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It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.
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