It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to a…

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It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter. ✨ Thucydides (1965). History of the Peloponnesian War, p.39, Hayes Barton Press
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