Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
SUN TZUIf the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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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 you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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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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Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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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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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
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Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.
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Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.
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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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Hence 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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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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