"Anyone placed at exactly the same distance between yourself and your enemy will always appear closer to your enemy."
— Nicolas Chamfort

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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As quoted in "Portrait of the Ally as an Intermediary" (23 March 2018), by Brian Reynolds Myers, Sthele Press