The wise warrior avoids the battle.
SUN TZUThe art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
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Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
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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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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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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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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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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from 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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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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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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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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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
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