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.
SUN TZUBut a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Never venture, never win!
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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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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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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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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
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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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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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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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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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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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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 he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
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Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
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