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The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill, or, in other words, in learning what we do not know from what we do.
The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill, or, in other words, in learning what we do not know from what we do.
Approximate author period: c. 1810 AD · industrial
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- Duke Of Wellington
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- Approximate author period: c. 1810 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Duke of Wellington. · page_462
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