If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
SUN TZUHe will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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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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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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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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Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
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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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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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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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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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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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The wise warrior avoids the battle.
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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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