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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.

Sun Tzu

Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.
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Advantage Business Gain Position Strategy War
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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Business Inspirational One Liner Opportunity Strategy
If his forces are united, separate them.
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Business Force Separate Strategy United War
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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Attack Battle Business Combination Strategy War
It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.
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Achievement Army Business Intelligence Strategy War
If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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Body Enemy Float River Strategy War
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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Arrogant Encourage Inferior Pretend Strategy War
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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Attack Business Enemy Fight Strategy War
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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Business Defeat Enemy Opportunity Strategy War
If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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Business Enemy Ignorance Strategy War Yourself
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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Fate Mystery Opponent Sound Strategy War
One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
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Conquer Inspirational Life Success
Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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Appreciate Benefit Business Evil Strategy War
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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Combination Hear Inspirational Melody Music Success
Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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Break Enemy Excellence Fight Politics Resistance Success War
Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
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Business Defeat Enemy Excellence Strategy War

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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