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Sun Tzu, The Art of War Quotes: When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home.
         

When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home.


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