Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
SUN TZUBuild your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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Be where your enemy is not.
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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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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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Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
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To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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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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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
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If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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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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