Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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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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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Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
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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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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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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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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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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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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
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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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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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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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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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