One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
SUN TZUHe who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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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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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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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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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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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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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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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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Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
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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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Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
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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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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.
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