If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead.

国君自以为神圣聪明，而不去咨询官吏，自以为国家安定强大，而不注重防守，周围的邻国图谋侵略他却不知道戒备。 

You think when you wake up in the mornin yesterday don't count. But yesterday is all that does count. What else is there? Your life is made out of the days it's made out of. Nothin else.

释义：用兵讲究诡诈之道，为将者重在智慧。胜利靠智取，不靠蛮力。