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In the country of Hindustan there are four defences,... The second defence consists of woods and forests and trees, which, interweaving stem with stem and branch with branch, render it very difficult to penetrate into that country.

— Timur Disputed

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It is better to be on hand with ten men than absent with ten thousand.

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