When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
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More Sun Tzu Quotes
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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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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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
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When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.
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Never venture, never win!
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Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
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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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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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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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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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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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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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Who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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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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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
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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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When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home.
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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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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.
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