To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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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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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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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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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
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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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Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.
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All warfare is based on deception.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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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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Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner.
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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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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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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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When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
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If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
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Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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