When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
SUN TZUWheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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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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The wise warrior avoids the battle.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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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.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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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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If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
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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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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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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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Hence 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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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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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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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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