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 TZUDo not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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If his forces are united, separate them.
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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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Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.
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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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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
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Never venture, never win!
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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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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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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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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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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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