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If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

Sun Tzu

Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
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Business Himself Principle Reveal Strategy War
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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Business Darkness Fall Planning Strategy Thunder War
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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Angry Change Destroy Life Success Time
The wise warrior avoids the battle.
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Battle Conquer One Liner Strategy Warrior Wise
Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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Business Calculation Defeat Strategy Victory War
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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Business Death Destroy Life Strategy War
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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Battle Inspirational Life Strategy Success War
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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Business Creation Enemy Strategy Strength War
There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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Benefit Nation War
If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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Business Enemy Ignorance Strategy War Yourself
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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Attack Business Enemy Fight Strategy War
One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
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Fight Greatness Philosophy Soldier Strategy War
There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
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Colour Combination Hue Inspirational Produce Seen
When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
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Enemy Relax Settle Strategy Strave Victory War
You have to believe in yourself.
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Be Yourself Believe Confidence Inspirational Success
Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
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Attach Courage Fire Inspirational Mountain Revenge War Wind Wood

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

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