Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
SUN TZUIf ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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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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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
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Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
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Conform to the enemy’s tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.
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It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.
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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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