Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
SUN TZUWhen your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
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Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat.
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Who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
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When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
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The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points.
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All warfare is based on deception.
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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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The wise warrior avoids the battle.
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To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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