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Card #c1142IR // #c1142Synthesis

"these excellent men are, after all, much the same as the tailors who patch torn garments. When folk are ill, your doctors can patch them up, but your own care for their health ought to go far deeper than that: your prime object should be to save your men from falling ill at all."

— In our words · Source: Cyropaedia (Xenophon)

[Use when]

You're proud of your support function and it's mostly cleaning up avoidable problems.

[Why it matters]

Cyrus is proud of the medical staff he hired. His father says that is repair and puts prevention on the leader: a healthy camp site, controlled diet, steady exercise.

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