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There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.

Sun Tzu

Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.
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Fate Mystery Opponent Sound Strategy War
Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
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Inspirational Philosophy Rust Salt Sword Water
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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Business Competitor Opponent Strategy War
Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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Business Goodness Service Strategy War
Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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Appreciate Benefit Business Evil Strategy War
Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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Business Calculation Defeat Strategy Victory War
If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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Business Enemy Ignorance Strategy War Yourself
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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Battle Business Enemy Opportunity Strategy War
Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
SUN TZU

Business Defeat Enemy Excellence Strategy War
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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Business Darkness Fall Planning Strategy Thunder War
If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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Body Enemy Float River Strategy War
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.
SUN TZU

Attack Business Enemy Fight Strategy War
Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
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Follow Love Men Respect Son Treat Valley
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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Defeat Seek Strategy Victory War Warrior Win
If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
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Business Irritation Opponent Strategy War Weakness
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.
SUN TZU

Ghost Knowledge People Philosophy Spirit War

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