With uncertainty in one scale, courage and self-confidence should be t…

Carl von Clausewitz
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With uncertainty in one scale, courage and self-confidence should be thrown into the other to correct the balance. The greater they are, the greater the margin that can be left for accidents. ✨ Carl von Clausewitz (2008). On War, p.86, Princeton University Press
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