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If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed.

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If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is tempermental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

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Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.

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Those who excel in war first cultivate their own humanity and and maintain their laws and institutions. By these means they make their governments invincible.

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You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive.

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When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make him move. Appear at places to which he must hasten; move swiftly where he does not expect you.

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If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

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There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: recklessness, which leads to destruction; cowardice, which leads to capture; a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; a delicacy of honour, which is sensitive to shame; over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.

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Where the army is, prices are high; when prices rise the wealth of the people is exhausted.

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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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So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

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Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.

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The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and of shrewdly calculating difficulties, dangers and distances, constitutes the test of a great general.

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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.

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One who has few must prepare against the enemy; one who has many makes the enemy prepare against him.

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Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.

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For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.

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

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Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans, the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces, the next in order is to attack the enemy's army in the field, and the worst policy of all is to besiege walled cities.

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