Conform to the enemy’s tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.
SUN TZUPretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack–the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.
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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.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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If his forces are united, separate them.
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You have to believe in yourself.
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Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy if possible.
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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.
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The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
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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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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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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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