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.
SUN TZUIt is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
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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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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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Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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Be where your enemy is not.
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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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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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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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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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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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One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.
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Who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.
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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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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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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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Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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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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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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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.
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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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There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
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