“Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.”

—  Sun Tzu

Attributed to Sun Tzu in multiple books and internet sites, but this text does not appear in The Art of War and seems to be a more recent creation.
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ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosophe… -543–-495 BC

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