Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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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The wise warrior avoids the battle.
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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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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
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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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Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.
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Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.
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It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.
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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points.
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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
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