If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
SUN TZUDo not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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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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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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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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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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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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