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Art of war Quote by Ashwin Sanghi

“The only certainty life contains is death.’ Patricia Briggs. ‘A man on a date wonders if he’ll get lucky. The woman already knows’ is a quote of Monica Piper. ‘The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his’ is a famous view of General George Patton…” quote by Ashwin Sanghi — Download Open image

““The only certainty life contains is death.’ Patricia Briggs. ‘A man on a date wonders if he’ll get lucky. The woman already knows’ is a quote of Monica Piper. ‘The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his’ is a famous view of General George Patton. ‘Every battle is won or lost before it is ever fought’ is a quote from Sun Tsu’s The Art of War. ‘When you’ve got ’em by the balls, their hearts and minds will””

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