When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
SUN TZUWhen strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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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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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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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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If his forces are united, separate them.
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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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Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.
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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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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.
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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.
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Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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