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Ponder and deliberate before you make your move. He will conquer who has learned the artifice of deviation. Such is the art of maneuvering.

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When campaigning, be swift as the wind; in leisurely march, majestic as the forest; in raiding and plundering, like fire; in standing, firm as the mountains. As unfathomable as the clouds, move like a thunderbolt.

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He whose ranks are united in purpose will be victorious.

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Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.

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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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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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There are five kinds of incendiary attack: The first is called setting fire to personnel; the second, to stores; the third, to transport vehicles and equipment; the fourth, to munitions; the fifth, to supply installations...In all cases an army must understand the changes induced by the five kinds of incendiary attack, and make use of logistical calculations to address them.

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To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills

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Ground which can be abandoned but is hard to re-occupy is called entangling.

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It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.

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If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them.

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the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or in peril.

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Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight. If they will face death, there is nothing they may not achieve.

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Order or disorder depends on organisation and direction; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on tactical dispositions.

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Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous.

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

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

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

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When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is insubordination. When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is collapse.

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Should one ask: 'how do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to attack me?' I reply: seize something he cherishes and he will conform to your desires.

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