Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
SUN TZUConceal 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.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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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 does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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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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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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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.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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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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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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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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It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.
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You have to believe in yourself.
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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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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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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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