If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards vict...
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Balk the enemy's power force him to reveal himself.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them.
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One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.
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If equally matched, we can offer battle; if slightly inferior in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him....
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If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
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One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men i...
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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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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 ...
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The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without ...
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The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his n...
