To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
SUN TZU
Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.
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To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
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Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.
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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
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Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
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Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.
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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy if possible.
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