And when people are entering upon a war they do things the wrong way round. Action comes first, and it is only when they have already suffered that they begin to think. #Thucydides

And when people are entering upon a war they do things the wrong way round. Action comes first, and it is only when they have already suffered that they begin to think. #Thucydides

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