'From unreal lead me to real, from darkness bring me light, from death, grant me immortality,'
- Alcyone

'All warfare is based on deception,'
- Sun Tzu

'No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution,'
- Machiavelli

'The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting,'
- Sun Tzu

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