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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

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One whose troops repeatedly congregate in small groups here and there, whispering together, has lost the masses. One who frequently grants rewards is in deep distress. One who frequently imposes punishments is in great difficulty. One who is at first excessively brutal and then fears the masses is the pinnacle of stupidity.

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Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war

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Opportunities increase as they are taken.

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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.

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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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In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them.

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O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

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We cannot enter into alliance with neighbouring princes until we are acquainted with their designs. We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country - its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps. We shall be unable to turn natural advantages to account unless we make use of local guides.

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The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge of the enemy; and this knowledge can only be derived, in the first instance, from the converted spy. Hence it is essential that the converted spy be treated with the utmost liberality.

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Perfection in war lies in so sapping your opponents will that he surrenders without fighting.

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Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.

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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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The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Thus the good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

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We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporising ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous heights; (6) positions at a great distance from the enemy.

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Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

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Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength.

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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

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It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

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The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

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