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Little Minds Try To Defend Everything At Once, But Sensible People Look At The Main Point Only; They Parry The Worst Blows And Stand A Little Hurt If Thereby They Avoid A Greater One. If You Try To Hold Everything, You Hold Nothing.

-Frederick The Great

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Frederick The Great

Little Minds Try To Defend Everything At Once, But Sensible People Look At The Main Point Only; They Parry The Worst Blows And Stand A Little Hurt If Thereby They Avoid A Greater One. If You Try To Hold Everything, You Hold Nothing.

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