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.
SUN TZUEven the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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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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You have to believe in yourself.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
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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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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.
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