Lionel Giles

Lionel Giles (1875-1958)

"The greatest fault in war is hesitation; the worst calamities for an army arise from indecision."

• From Master Wu's Art of War (Wuzi bingfa), translated by Lionel Giles.

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Lionel Giles

Lionel Giles (1875-1958)

"Everybody can see superficially how a battle is won; what they cannot see is the long series of plans and combinations which has preceded the battle."

• From commentary in Lionel Giles' translation of Sun Tzu on the Art of War, 1910.

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