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To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
For the most part.
“People are not all wounded in the same spot. It behooves you to know what part of you is vulnerable so you can protect it most of all.”
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
“Thus, to take a long and circuitous route, after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him, to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of deviation.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“Hold back a bit; look, here’s death, arriving to make you equal with them.”
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
“He might love to read, but he was certainly no "greasy grind.”
― The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
― The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
“To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
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