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No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.

Sun Tzu
Art, War, Fighting
Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.61, GENERAL PRESS
No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.