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.
SUN TZUAnger 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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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
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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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There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
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If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
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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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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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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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Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
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The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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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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Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.
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