One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
SUN TZUIt is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
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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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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy if possible.
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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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If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
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Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from 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 there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.
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Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
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You have to believe in yourself.
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Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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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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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
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Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
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Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
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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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Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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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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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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Never venture, never win!
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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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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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