Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
SUN TZU
Foreknowledge 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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Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
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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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Foreknowledge 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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Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
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Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.
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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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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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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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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.
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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
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