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What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

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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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War is a matter of vital importance to the state; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied.

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

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Without local guides, your enemy employs the land as a weapon against you.

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Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.

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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is death.

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Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never peril.

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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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If not in the interests of the state, do not act. If you cannot succeed, do not use troops. If you are not in danger, do not fight.

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All warfare is based on deception. If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight and if not: split and re-evaluate.

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Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of the former.

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

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If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to provoke a battle, and fighting will be to your disadvantage.

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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

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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 I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless: if it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it nor the wise make plans against it.

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Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety.

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Against those skilled in attack, an enemy does not know where to defend; against the experts in defense, the enemy does not know where to attack.

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