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John Minford, Sun Tzu 1-1:

"War is a grave affair of the state; it is a place of life and death, a road to survival and extinction, a matter to be pondered carefully."
The Consigliori says: all of life is war. Waking up and getting out of bed is a war to face the world, the day itself. And every man is a state. He is IN a state, a condition.
He IS a state, an entity unto himself. And his is perpetually at war with all forces opposing his benefit, even opposing his survival, certainly opposing his rewards.
It is a sad truth that men must consider - ponder - this carefully, but to do so is vanishingly unlikely, vastly difficult.

Which is precisely why we must all read and study Sun Tzu.
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