It is said that the empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been.
— Luo Guanzhong, the opening line of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and a succinct summary of the concept that History Repeats. note
"I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me!"
— Cao Cao, after he accidentally kill the entire family of Lu Boshe, and intentionally murder Lu Boshe himself in chapter 4.
"It is easy to render the world turbulent, but hard to comfort it."
— from chapter 6.
"The young shouldn't read The Water Margin, while the old shouldn't read Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
— Chinese proverb
