Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
SUN TZUIn 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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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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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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Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.
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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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When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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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 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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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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