If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
SUN TZUGreat results, can be achieved with small forces.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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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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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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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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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 know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
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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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Conform to the enemy’s tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.
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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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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength.
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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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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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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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