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Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness; Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports; Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of warfare; If a secret piece of news is divulged by a spy before the time is ripe, he must be put to death together with the man to whom the secret was told.

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Rapidity is the essence of war.

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To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.

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The control of large numbers is possible, and like unto that of small numbers, if we subdivide them.

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The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.

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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

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Do not press an enemy at bay. Prince Fu Ch'ai said: "Wild beasts, when at bay, fight desperately. How much more is this true of men! If they know there is no alternative, they will fight to the death.

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These are six ways of courting defeat, which must be carefully noted by the general who has attained a responsible post.

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So it is that good warriors take their stance on ground where they cannot lose, and do not overlook conditions that make an opponent prone to defeat.

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

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All wars are won or lost before they are ever fought.

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Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.

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Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.

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The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always reduced to the perfectly still.

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Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.

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In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.

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He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily.

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Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all.

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Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.

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In your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise: which of the two generals has the most ability? on which side is Discipline most rigorously enforced? which army is stronger? on which side are the officers and men more highly trained? in which army is there the greater constancy both in reward and punishment?

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