Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
SUN TZUWhen the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.
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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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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points.
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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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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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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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
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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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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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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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