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Sun Tzu [Wu]
If you know...
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred...
Simulated disorder postulates...
Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates...
The quality of...
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its...
The general who...
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect...
To fight and...
To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the...
Appear at places...
Appear at places which the enemy must hasten to defend, march swiftly to places where you are not...
All warfare is...
All warfare is based on deception.
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If the enemy...
If the enemy leaves the door open, you must rush in.
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Rapidity is the...
Rapidity is the essence of war.
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Supreme excellence consists...
Supreme excellence consists in breaking an enemy's resistance without fighting.
If you know...
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but...
The general who...
The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who...
All men can...
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is...
There is no...
There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.
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When envoys are...
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a...
O divine art...
O divine art of sublety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can...
Hence that general...
Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense...
Strategy without tactics...
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before...
Therefore the skilful...
Therefore the skilful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying...
Hence to fight...
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the...