Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
SUN TZUWho wishes to fight must first count the cost
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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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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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
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Never venture, never win!
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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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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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.
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Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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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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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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