XII. THE ATTACK BY FIRE - The Art of War

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20. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may
be succeeded by content.

21. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can
never come again into being; nor can the dead ever

be brought back to life.

22. Hence the enlightened ruler is heedful,
and the good general full of caution. This is the way

to keep a country at peace and an army intact.

		"When a feeling is exaggerated, the capacity to reason disappears." Gustavo Le Bon