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The Art of War

Sun Tzu

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Victory, this says, goes to whoever has good timing about conflict: someone who can tell when pushing ahead makes sense and when holding back is smarter. It's less about being fierce than about judgment, treating restraint as just as much a strategic skill as attack.

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