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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the enemy's troops march up angrily and remain facing ours for a long time without either joining battle or removing demands, the situation is one that requires great vigilance and circumspection. To begin by bluster, but afterward to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.

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If a battle can not be won do not fight it.

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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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A sovereign of high character and intelligence must be able to know the right man, should place the responsibility on him, and expect results.

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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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When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal.

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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.

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In warfare, first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but rely on brute strength alone, victory will no longer be assured.

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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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When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules, neighboring rulers will take advantage of this.

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Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.

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If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle

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When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.

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

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There are routes not to be followed, armies not to be attacked, citadels not to be besieged, territory not to be fought over.

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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.

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When a general, unable to estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls a weak detachment against a powerful one, and neglects to place picked soldiers in the front rank, the result must be rout.

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Therefore I say: know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and of yourself, you are certain in every battle to be in peril.

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