(noise of a smith hammering to forge ugly blades to kill everybody)
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There are roads which must not be followed, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed. (Sun Tsu "The Art of War", ca. 500 BC)
__________________ In strait places gar keep all store,
And burn the plain land them before:
Then shall they pass away in haste,
When that they find nothing but waste...