Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
SUN TZUHence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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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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Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.
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There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.
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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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The wise warrior avoids the battle.
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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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One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
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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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Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.
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Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy if possible.
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Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. 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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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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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
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