Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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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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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It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
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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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Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
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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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You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.
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Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
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When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.
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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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When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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If his forces are united, separate them.
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
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