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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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There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant of the fact that it cannot obey. This is called hobbling the army. By attempting to govern an army in the same way as he administers a kingdom, being ignorant of the conditions which obtain in an army. This causes restlessness in the soldier's minds. By employing the officers of his army without discrimination, through ignorance of the military principle of adaptation to circumstances. This shakes the confidence of the soldiers.

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When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules, neighboring rulers will take advantage of this.

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Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.

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Knowledge of the enemy's dispositions can only be obtained from other men.

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Know thy self, know thy enemy.

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

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Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.

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Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.

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Don't flail against the world, use it. Flexibility is the operative principle in the art of war.

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Weigh the situation, then move.

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The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

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Every battle is won before it is fought.

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In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory.

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To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills

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A kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.

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He must be able to mystify his officers and men by false reports and appearances, and thus keep them in total ignorance.

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If I am able to determine the enemy's dispositions while at the same time I conceal my own, then I can concentrate and he must divide.

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An army may be likened to water, for just as flowing water avoids the heights and hastens to the lowlands, so an army avoids strength and strikes weakness.

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