When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
SUN TZUThe wise warrior avoids the battle.
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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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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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One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.
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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
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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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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain.
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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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Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
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Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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