Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
SUN TZUTo 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.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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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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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
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It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
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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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Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
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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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Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.
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To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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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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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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