Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
SUN TZUYou have to believe in yourself.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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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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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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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 you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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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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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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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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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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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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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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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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