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They did to others that which they would not they should do to them—that grand principle of immorality upon which rests the whole art of war.

— Jules Verne

Ils faisaient à autrui ce qu'ils ne voulaient pas qu'on leur fît, principe immoral sur lequel repose tout l’art de la guerre.

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Ch. X: One Enemy v. Twenty-five Millions of Friends (Charles Scribner's Sons "Uniform Edition", 1890, p. 50) | Tr. Walter James Miller (1978)

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They did unto others what they would not have others do unto them, an immoral principle that is the basic premise of the art of war.

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