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The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.

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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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Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack.

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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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War is a matter of vital importance to the state; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied.

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Until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared

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The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.

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These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger; nonobservance of discipline; failure to use picked men.

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

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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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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

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He who wishes to fight must first count the cost

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Do not press an enemy at bay. Prince Fu Ch'ai said: "Wild beasts, when at bay, fight desperately. How much more is this true of men! If they know there is no alternative, they will fight to the death.

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Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of the former.

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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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The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting.

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If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding.

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If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are.

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Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.

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To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape.

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