Sun Tzu Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Enemy Quotes

To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally is no longer an enemy.

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Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity.

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Ponder and deliberate before you make your move. He will conquer who has learned the artifice of deviation. Such is the art of maneuvering.

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With regard to ground of this nature, be before the enemy in occupying the raised and sunny spots, and carefully guard your line of supplies. Then you will be able to fight with advantage.

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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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Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm

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To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

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When the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixed duties assigned to officers and men, and the ranks are formed in a slovenly haphazard manner, the result is utter disorganization.

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When the thunderclap comes, there is no time to cover the ears.

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Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.

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It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.

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Those skilled in attack move as from above the nine-fold heavens. Thus they are capable both of protecting themselves and of gaining complete victory.

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The general must be the first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not spread his parasol nor in the cold of winter don thick clothing. In dangerous places he must dismount and walk. He waits until the army's wells have been dug and only then drinks; until the army's food is cooked before he eats; until the army's fortifications have been completed, to shelter himself.

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Apparent confusion is a product of good order; apparent cowardice, of courage; apparent weakness, of strength.

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At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.

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Act after having made assessments. The one who first knows the measure of far and near wins - this is the rule of armed struggle.

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All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him.

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Without harmony in the State, no military expedition can be undertaken; without harmony in the army, no battle array can be formed.

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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

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According to my assessment, even if you have many more troops than others, how can that help you to victory?

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