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No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.

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When one treats people with benevolence, justice and righteousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.

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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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Act after having made assessments. The one who first knows the measure of far and near wins - this is the rule of armed struggle.

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In desperate position, you must fight.

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If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely traced out on the ground. All we need to do is to throw something odd and unaccountable in his way.

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Generally, management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization. And to control many is the same as to control few. This is a matter of formations and signals.

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

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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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He who relies solely on warlike measures shall be exterminated; he who relies solely on peaceful measures shall perish.

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

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Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on him.

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In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed.

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When a general, unable to estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls a weak detachment against a powerful one, and neglects to place picked soldiers in the front rank, the result must be rout.

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Therefore the victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their victories in battle are not flukes. Their victories are not flukes because they position themselves where they will surely win, prevailing over those wh.

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You cannot know if you will be successful or not. You can only prepare for battle and it must be done with all of your heart and with all of your consciousness. In that manner, you will have an edge.

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Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to the attack are signs that he will retreat.

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These are six ways of courting defeat, which must be carefully noted by the general who has attained a responsible post.

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Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy... use the conquered foe to augment one's own strength.

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Be the first to seize intersecting ground, that is ground which lies the intersections of borders or intersections of main thoroughfares of commerce and travel. Your occupation of it gives you access to all who border it and all who would covet it. On intersecting ground, if you establish alliances you are safe, if you lose alliances you are in peril.

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