He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
SUN TZULet your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
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Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
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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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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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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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Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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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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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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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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When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
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Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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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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