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The ultimate in disposing one's troops is to be without ascertainable shape. Then the most penetrating spies cannot pry in nor can the wise lay plans against you.

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The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.

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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 having to fight them.

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One who speaks deferentially but increases his preparations will advance. One who speaks belligerently and advances hastily will retreat.

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If a general shows confidence in his men but always insists on his orders being obeyed, the gain will be mutual.

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Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.

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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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It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to meet him; not to presume that he will not attack, but rather to make one's self invincible.

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If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.

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There is no place where espionage is not possible.

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If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless: if it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it nor the wise make plans against it.

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For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

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The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

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All battles are won before they start.

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

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Winning Strategists are certain of triumph before seeking a challenge. Losing Strategists are certain to challenge before seeking a triumph.

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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

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Factors in the art of warfare are: First, calculations; second, quantities; third, logistics; fourth, the balance of power; and fifth, the possibility of victory is based on the balance of power.

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Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected.

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There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.

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