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It is necessary to know the strong and the weak points of one's adversary, before coming to close quarters with him.

— Leon Battista Alberti Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

È necessario di conoscere il forte ed il debole del suo nemico, prima di venir con esso a cimento.

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