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Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.

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If asked how to cope with a great host of the enemy in orderly array and on the point of marching to the attack, I should say: "Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will." Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots.

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Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man.

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When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before the commander-in-chief can tell whether or not he is in a position to fight, the result is ruin.

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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

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In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.

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

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Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability.

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Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.

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

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Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.

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If I am able to determine the enemy's dispositions while at the same time I conceal my own, then I can concentrate and he must divide.

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Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.

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He must be able to mystify his officers and men by false reports and appearances, and thus keep them in total ignorance.

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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

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Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain

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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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Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.

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For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man is quick at seizing advantages, and the stupid man has no fear of death.

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