Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
SUN TZUTo 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 know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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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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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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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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The wise warrior avoids the battle.
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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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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
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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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You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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