Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
SUN TZUIt 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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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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Who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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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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When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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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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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.
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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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One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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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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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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The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
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If his forces are united, separate them.
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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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If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner.
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Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
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Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain.
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
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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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