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Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.

Robert Greene

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Robert Greene
Age: 34 †
Born: 1558
Born: July 11
Died: 1592
Died: September 3
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