Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
SUN TZUEven the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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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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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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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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Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
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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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Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.
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When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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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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Who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
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Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
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Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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