If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
SUN TZUOne may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
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Conform to the enemy’s tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.
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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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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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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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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 you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.
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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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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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When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.
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Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.
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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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Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy if possible.
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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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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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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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Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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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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