Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
SUN TZUThe greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.
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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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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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You have to believe in yourself.
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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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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 your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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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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Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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