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Sun Tzu

“Weapons are inauspicious instruments, not the tools of the enlightened. When there is no choice but to use them, it is best to be calm and free from greed, and not celebrate victory. Those who celebrate victory are bloodthirsty, and the bloodthirsty cannot have their way with the world.”

Sun Tzu, The Art of War: Complete Texts and Commentaries
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The Art of War: Complete Texts and Commentaries The Art of War: Complete Texts and Commentaries by Sun Tzu
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