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Wednesday, 1 December 2021

QUOTES: SUN-TZU

 

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Posted by Don on December 01, 2021
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Hello, I am a senior, having just recently graduated from Middle Age and landing flat on my can in this hoary, post-grad school of Advanced Aging...hip! hip!... OUCH!...WTF!? I'll have a talk with my course advisor after he wakes up from his nap, or else my physiotherapist. Aches and pains aside, life's not too bad, and given the global situation these days, living in Ontario, Canada, is a pretty good place to be...
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