If his forces are united, separate them.
SUN TZUKnowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Conform to the enemy’s tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.
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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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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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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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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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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner.
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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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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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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.
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The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
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Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain.
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Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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When 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.
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There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
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