It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartia…

Sun Tzu
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It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartial and self-controlled. ✨ Sun Tzu, Shang Yang (1997). The Art of War, p.47, Wordsworth Editions
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