If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner.
SUN TZUIf 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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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.
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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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When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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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 his forces are united, separate them.
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The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
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One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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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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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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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
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