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Nogi Maresuke

Military Strategists

Nogi Maresuke

The Japanese general whose siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War became synonymous with both the terrible cost of modern warfare and the samurai ideal of duty unto death (1849-1912). Nogi Maresuke's willingness to sacrifice his own sons alongside his soldiers, and his ritual suicide upon the Meiji Emperor's death, made him Japan's most controversial military hero.

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Nogi Maresuke's Other Quotes

Having lost my two sons and so many officers and men while gaining victory, I am deeply ashamed before His Majesty.

Mountains, rivers, trees — all turned desolate. For ten miles, the wind carries the stench of a fresh battlefield.

I die in the way of loyalty and filial duty.

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No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.

-- Zeno of Citium

The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature.

-- Zeno of Citium

不自由を常と思えば不足なし。

-- Tokugawa Ieyasu

不自由を常と思えば不足なし。

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Rise early in the morning, retire early at night.

-- Hōjō Sōun

Establish your purpose, and make it the source of all things.

-- Takasugi Shinsaku