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These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger; nonobservance of discipline; failure to use picked men.

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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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Someone unfamiliar with the mountains and forests cannot advance [the team]. One who does not employ local guides cannot gain the advantage.

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A leader leads by example not by force.

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It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, be able to divide them; if equal, engage them; if fewer, defend against them; if weaker, be able to avoid them.

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Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.

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When the thunderclap comes, there is no time to cover the ears.

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Don't flail against the world, use it. Flexibility is the operative principle in the art of war.

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When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.

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

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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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One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.

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Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow.

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All battles are won before they start.

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If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight.

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When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

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If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.

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Carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your army continually on the move, and devise unfathomable plans.

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You can ensure the success of your attacks if you only attack places that are undefended. You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked. Therefore, that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

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