Conform to the enemy’s tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.
SUN TZUBravery 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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Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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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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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.
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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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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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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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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 quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
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