When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
SUN TZUDo many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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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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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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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.
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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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If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
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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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Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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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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Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
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Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.
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The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
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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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If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner.
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Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.
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All warfare is based on deception.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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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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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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