Know yourself and you will win all battles
SUN TZUSupreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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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 will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
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If his forces are united, separate them.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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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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One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
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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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Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
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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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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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Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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All warfare is based on deception.
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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