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.
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.
SUN TZUIf 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 quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
SUN TZUTo fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
SUN TZUSuccess in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
SUN TZUIt is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
SUN TZUIt 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.
SUN TZUAttack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
SUN TZUDo many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
SUN TZUIf you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
SUN TZUWho does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
SUN TZUThere is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
SUN TZUBe where your enemy is not.
SUN TZUIf he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
SUN TZUGreat results, can be achieved with small forces.
SUN TZUBut 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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