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.
SUN TZUForeknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.
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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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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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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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If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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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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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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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.
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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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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.
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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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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