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Conform to the enemy’s tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.

Sun Tzu

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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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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Battle Be Yourself Inspirational One Liner Win Yourself
Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
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Business Himself Principle Reveal Strategy War
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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Business Inspirational One Liner Opportunity Strategy
Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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Battle Business Enemy Strategy Victory War
Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.
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Attack Convince Enemy Overcome Strategy War
Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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Appreciate Benefit Business Evil Strategy War
Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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Business Justice One Liner Strategy War
Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.
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Ghost Knowledge People Philosophy Spirit War
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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Business Darkness Fall Planning Strategy Thunder War
Hence 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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Battle Business Excellence Fight Strategy War
The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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Defeat Enemy Himself Opportunity Success War
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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Battle Inspirational Life Strategy Success War
If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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Authority Business Disturb Strategy War Weakness
Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.
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Battle Business Opponent Strategy War
Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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Conform to the enemy’s tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.

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