Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
SUN TZUBe where your enemy is not.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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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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Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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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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Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.
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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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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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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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Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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Who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
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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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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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