Conform to the enemy’s tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.
SUN TZUPlan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.
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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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If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
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Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.
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Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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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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When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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If his forces are united, separate them.
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Never venture, never win!
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Who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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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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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
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