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.
SUN TZUIf you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
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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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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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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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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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Never venture, never win!
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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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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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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 you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack–the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.
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Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
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