In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack–the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.
SUN TZUBuild your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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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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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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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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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
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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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There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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Never venture, never win!
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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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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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