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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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.

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Like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons, they pass away to return once more.

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Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

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If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst.

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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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If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.

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These are six ways of courting defeat, which must be carefully noted by the general who has attained a responsible post.

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All battles are won before they start.

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The rising of birds in their flight is the sign of an ambuscade. Startled beasts indicate that a sudden attack is coming.

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No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. 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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If you are strong, appear weak. But if you are weak, appear strong.

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When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become, as it were, like rolling logs or stones... The energy developed by good fighting men is as the momentum of a round stone rolled down a mountain thousands of feet in height.

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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is death.

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Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of business.

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He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor practices them, will surely be defeated.

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The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.

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Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.

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Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.

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Should the enemy strengthen his van, he will weaken his rear; should he strengthen his rear, he will weaken his van; should he strengthen his left, he will weaken his right; should he strengthen his right, he will weaken his left. If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.

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