Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
SUN TZUSupreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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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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One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
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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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The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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All warfare is based on deception.
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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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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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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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The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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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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