Sun Tzu Quotes

Probe him and learn where his strength is abundant and where deficient.

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When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal.

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Know the enemy and know yourself.

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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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In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed.

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One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.

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So a military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape: the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius.

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The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

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Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.

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It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartial and self-controlled.

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A battle avoided cannot be lost.

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No nation has ever benefited from a prolonged war.

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Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.

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There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take a long and circuitous route after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of deviation.

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The clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and does not require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to pick out the right men and utilize combined energy

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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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To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.

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Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports.

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A warrior who is prepared to fight must also be prepared to die.

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When the soldiers stand leaning on their spears, they are faint from want of food.

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