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MILITARY > military strategist > Sun Tzu [Wu]
When envoys are...
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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
Source: The Art of War, ch. 9, axiom 38 (c. 490 B.C.; ed. by James Clavell, 1981).
-- Sun Tzu [Wu], ( BC 535-228), Chinese military strategist; The Sun Tzu Art of War explains the theory of managing soldiers and is still widely in business, economy, and military affairs.