Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu (sayings recorded c. 6th-3rd century BCE)

"Excessive rewards
      Are a sign
      Of desperation.

Excessive punishments
      Are a sign
      Of exhaustion."

This quote comes from Sun Tzu's The Art of War (Chapter Nine), translated by John Minford (Penguin Classics edition, 2009). The terracotta warriors were photographed by Kevin Poh and published under the CC 2.0 license.


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