If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
SUN TZUIf you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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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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Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.
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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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If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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All warfare is based on deception.
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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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One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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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 know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.
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