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The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds.

Sun Tzu

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O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.
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Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is death.
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