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If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.

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Invincibility is in oneself, and vulnerability is in the opponent. Invincibility is a matter of defense, vulnerability is a matter of attack. Therefore skillful warriors are able to be invincible, but they cannot cause opponents to be vulnerable. That is why it is said that victory is discerned and not manufactured.

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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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Be where your enemy is not.

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You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive.

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Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

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They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness.

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

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When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.

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We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors. We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country.

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When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make him move. Appear at places to which he must hasten; move swiftly where he does not expect you.

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

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The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.

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When he pretends to flee, do not pursue.

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He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.

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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

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Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.

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It is according to the shapes that I lay the plans for victory, but the multitude does not comprehend this. Although everyone can see the outward aspects, none understands the way in which I have created victory.

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Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move.

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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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