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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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If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed.

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In all history, there is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. Only one who knows the disastrous effects of a long war can realize the supreme importance of rapidity in bringing it to a close.

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Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm

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Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is in acute distress.

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Without harmony in the State, no military expedition can be undertaken; without harmony in the army, no battle array can be formed.

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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. Indirect tactics, efficiently applied, are inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth, unending as the flow of rivers and streams; like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons, they pass away to return once more.

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Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.

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If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.

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Keep their friends close and their enemies closer.

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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.

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There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.

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If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong; if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the enemy's position weak.

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O divine art of subtlety and secrecy!

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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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In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.

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It is ten thousand times cheaper to pay the best spies lavishly than even a tiny army poorly.

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If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers have become attached to you, punishments are not enforced, they will still be unless.

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If a general shows confidence in his men but always insists on his orders being obeyed, the gain will be mutual.

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The height of strategy, is to attack your opponent's strategy.

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