The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
SUN TZUDo not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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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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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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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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One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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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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It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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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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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
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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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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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