If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
SUN TZUThere are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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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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One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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Bravery 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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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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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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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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You have to believe in yourself.
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Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy if possible.
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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 is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points.
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