There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
SUN TZUThe opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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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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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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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.
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Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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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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One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
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Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength.
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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 wise warrior avoids the battle.
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If his forces are united, separate them.
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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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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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The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
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