If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
SUN TZUSuccess in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.
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There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.
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Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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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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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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Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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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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