Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength.
SUN TZUOpportunities multiply as they are seized.
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Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
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When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
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Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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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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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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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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Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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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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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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