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Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.

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Use humility to make the enemy haughty. Tire them by flight. Cause division among them. When they are unprepared, attack and make your move when they do not expect it.

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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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The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.

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Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.

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You can ensure the success of your attacks if you only attack places that are undefended. You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked. Therefore, that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

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If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

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On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough; hence the institution of gongs and drums... banners and flags. Gongs and drums, banners and flags, are means whereby the ears and eyes of the host may be focused on one particular point.

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With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent of the enemy.

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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.

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Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.

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All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

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In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.

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Victory is the main object in war.

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What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One cannot afford to neglect opportunity.

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When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become, as it were, like rolling logs or stones... The energy developed by good fighting men is as the momentum of a round stone rolled down a mountain thousands of feet in height.

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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

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If your enemy is superior, evade him

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