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“God save us from people who mean well.”
― A Suitable Boy
― A Suitable Boy
“In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.”
― Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
― Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear”
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“The ability to persuade not only one’s people but also allies and enemies was a vital attribute of the successful strategist. In this way, strategy required a combination of words and deeds, and the ability to manipulate them both.”
― Strategy: A History
― Strategy: A History
“For I regard memory not as a phenomenon preserving one thing and losing another merely by chance, but as a power that deliberately places events in order or wisely omits them. Everything we forget about our own lives was really condemned to oblivion by an inner instinct long ago.”
― The World of Yesterday
― The World of Yesterday
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