When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home.
SUN TZUHe will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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The wise warrior avoids the battle.
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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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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.
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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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One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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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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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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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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There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.
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In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack–the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.
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