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Only the element of chance is needed to make war a gamble, and that element is never absent.

Carl von Clausewitz
War, Elements, Chance
Carl von Clausewitz (2008). “On War”, p.85, Princeton University Press
Only the element of chance is needed to make war a gamble, and that element is never absent.