If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us …

Sun Tzu
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If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely traced out on the ground. All we need to do is to throw something odd and unaccountable in his way. ✨ Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). Strategy Six Pack, p.15, Lulu.com
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