Did Tokugawa Ieyasu really say 'Know yourself, know your enemy, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battle...'?

Tokugawa Ieyasu Quote Source & Citation:

Know yourself, know your enemy, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

— Tokugawa Ieyasu Early Modern · Unified Japan, Tokugawa shogunate

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"A man's life is but a fleeting dream."

"Trust in yourself, but also in your men."

"The path to success is paved with hard work."

"He who knows how to conquer, knows also how to yield."

"The wise conqueror divides and rules."

A paraphrase of Sun Tzu's 'Art of War,' often attributed to Ieyasu as a guiding principle.

Date: Early 17th century

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