To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
SUN TZULet your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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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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Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
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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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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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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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Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
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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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The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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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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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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