All warfare is based on deception.
SUN TZURouse 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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You have to believe in yourself.
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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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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain.
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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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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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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
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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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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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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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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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