It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in …

Carl von Clausewitz
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It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned monographs than by insights, broad impressions, and flashes of intuition. ✨ Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). On War, p.185, Princeton University Press
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