If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
SUN TZUSupreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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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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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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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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When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
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Never venture, never win!
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You have to believe in yourself.
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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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Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.
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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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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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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.
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