The passage from that book that has stuck in my mind the most is this:
"All warfare is based upon deception. When you are strong, let your enemy believe that you are weak. When you are weak, let your enemy believe that you are strong."
“Everyone sees tactics, but only Generals see strategy.” — Sun Tzu
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness, be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness; thereby, you can be the director of the opponent's fate. -- Sun Tzu
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
If you liked The Art of War, you should also check out The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, a samurai who is revered as being the greatest swordsman in Japanese history. It's a mix of both martial arts advice and philosophy. It has a similar tone and feel to The Art of War.
Fun fact: "The book was translated into French and published in 1772 (re-published in 1782) by the French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot." - Wikipedia
Not long before the French Revolution, which is already interesting. People keeping track of Reformation history (which features the Society of Jesus, i.e. "Jesuits", formed as a response to it to reassert the authority of the Catholic Church) and also ancient documents (knowing manuscript numbers like the 19,000 or so for the Bible vs. 205 for second place Iliad really helps in Bible apologetics) also note that there were just 6 manuscripts for Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", none of which were complete. Also, some of it seems rather out of character for 6th century China, in addition to referring to "temples" instead of military fortifications and command posts:
"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near."
...that implies that what we now consider the military crime of perfidy should be a regular part of warfare (although to be fair, it also refers to constantly practicing right off an enemy's border so as to take him by surprise when suddenly they go over, not considered perfidious when it was done by Egypt against Israel in 1973 nor when the UN Coalition did it against Iraq in 1991.)
Fun part is that this makes it impossible to rule out that a meme quote like this wasn't in the original Art of War :)
I know one thing Sun Tzu didn't say: "Investigate your enemy for many months, and when a mountain of evidence leads to no other conclusion that they performed illegal acts, go after one of their lowest level minions and let everyone else go."
From the dandruff on our scalps to our salty groin sweat, , every hair follicle, every skin tag wart and toenail fungus, even our turds will meme. We are legion , We are Meme.
Leftards Ya'll bout to get fucked often, like how kamala got from DA to VP...
and meme them on the way down
GOD WILLS IT!!
PRAISE KEK.
Thanks fren, this is funny as hell. 🐸
I've never seen that. Ahahahahha!
caught on video
PEPEridge farms remembers....
The passage from that book that has stuck in my mind the most is this:
"All warfare is based upon deception. When you are strong, let your enemy believe that you are weak. When you are weak, let your enemy believe that you are strong."
Yet China is massively stronger compared to the fellow leftist cucks they buy off.
This is the one I remember most too. But, the above "Meme them until they cry..." must have been in the 2nd edition, because it is not in my book.
And that's why Trump is not afraid of occasionally looking like an idiot.
Always brings a smile to my face.
If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by...in their own salty tears
Didn't expect that one to come true in the literal sense.
“Everyone sees tactics, but only Generals see strategy.” — Sun Tzu
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness, be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness; thereby, you can be the director of the opponent's fate. -- Sun Tzu
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Get a comfy My Pillow and your memes will be dreams
Confucius say: One who have head up ass cannot get hair did.
Man who stand on toilet get high on pot
If you liked The Art of War, you should also check out The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, a samurai who is revered as being the greatest swordsman in Japanese history. It's a mix of both martial arts advice and philosophy. It has a similar tone and feel to The Art of War.
Know thy self and know thy enemy and in a 100 memes, will always shitpost!
Fun fact: "The book was translated into French and published in 1772 (re-published in 1782) by the French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot." - Wikipedia
Not long before the French Revolution, which is already interesting. People keeping track of Reformation history (which features the Society of Jesus, i.e. "Jesuits", formed as a response to it to reassert the authority of the Catholic Church) and also ancient documents (knowing manuscript numbers like the 19,000 or so for the Bible vs. 205 for second place Iliad really helps in Bible apologetics) also note that there were just 6 manuscripts for Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", none of which were complete. Also, some of it seems rather out of character for 6th century China, in addition to referring to "temples" instead of military fortifications and command posts:
"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near."
...that implies that what we now consider the military crime of perfidy should be a regular part of warfare (although to be fair, it also refers to constantly practicing right off an enemy's border so as to take him by surprise when suddenly they go over, not considered perfidious when it was done by Egypt against Israel in 1973 nor when the UN Coalition did it against Iraq in 1991.)
Fun part is that this makes it impossible to rule out that a meme quote like this wasn't in the original Art of War :)
SUN TZU SAID THAT
and i think he knows a LITTLE more about fighting than you do pal BECAUSE HE INVENTED IT
and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor
Don't you know it was good old Honest Abe that first tweeted this?
As long as there's two Muslims left on the planet, someone will want someone dead.
If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them.
I know one thing Sun Tzu didn't say: "Investigate your enemy for many months, and when a mountain of evidence leads to no other conclusion that they performed illegal acts, go after one of their lowest level minions and let everyone else go."
Then make new memes about them crying, about your memes making them cry.
*Insert STAAAAAPP, Just STAAAP already
Never interrupt an NPC while they are making a memestake
LOL!!
Destroy your enemies, no quarter.
A modern classic.
The Flank 'em and spank 'em shirt is the best
This is pure perfection in art form. Libs are so beyond gone they wouldn’t get the joke and would research I’m sure 🤣🤣🤣
Lock her up
This is good
Brilliant.
MSM will say that quote is fake.
Know the enemy memes, and know your own, and you'll win every meme war.
Modernized
From the dandruff on our scalps to our salty groin sweat, , every hair follicle, every skin tag wart and toenail fungus, even our turds will meme. We are legion , We are Meme.
Leftards Ya'll bout to get fucked often, like how kamala got from DA to VP...
The Karma Decay on this must be astronomical.
Oh that's awesome.
Since Biden decided to drop out of debating, I guess this guy isn't the next moderator after all. What a shame.
So ahead of his time.
And i think he knows a little more about memes than YOU do pal, because he INVENTED THEM!
https://youtu.be/6yP1tcy9a10
About as accurate as most "quotes" I've seen from the book.
Nice one, fren. It is to my eternal regret that I only have one updoot to give.
It's not illegal to mail someone your farts! ...just sayin'.
Is it just me or does this meme get a sticky once a month at least???
Why is this on here every single day? What a world