What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
SUN TZUMove swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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The wise warrior avoids the battle.
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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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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
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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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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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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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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength.
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When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home.
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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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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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