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Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength.

Sun Tzu

Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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Business Defense Enemy Offense Strategy War
Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.
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Business Nature Soldier Strategy Victory War
Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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Battle Business Enemy Strategy Victory War
Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.
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Fate Mystery Opponent Sound Strategy War
Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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Appreciate Benefit Business Evil Strategy War
Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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Business Justice One Liner Strategy War
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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Business Defeat Enemy Opportunity Strategy War
Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.
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Attack Convince Enemy Overcome Strategy War
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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Enemy Patience Strategy Victory Wait Wat
Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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Business Decesion Energy Release Strategy War
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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Battle Business Excellence Fight Strategy War
The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
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Account Death Importance Inquiry Life Neglect Ruin Safety State
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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Army Bridge Business Home Strategy War
There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
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Colour Combination Hue Inspirational Produce Seen
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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Angry Change Destroy Life Success Time
What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
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Ancient Clever Fight Success War Win

Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength.

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