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.
SUN TZUKnow your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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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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If his forces are united, separate them.
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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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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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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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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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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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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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Be where your enemy is not.
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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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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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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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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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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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Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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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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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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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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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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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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