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The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without having to fight them.

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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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Should one ask: 'how do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to attack me?' I reply: seize something he cherishes and he will conform to your desires.

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If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless: if it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it nor the wise make plans against it.

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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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Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.

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Victory is the main object in war.

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There is an intelligent way to eat a live frog - I just don't know what it is.

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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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The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.

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Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.

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I will be able to forecast which side will be victorious and which defeated.

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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

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Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man.

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Factors in the art of warfare are: First, calculations; second, quantities; third, logistics; fourth, the balance of power; and fifth, the possibility of victory is based on the balance of power.

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The business of a general is to kick away the ladder behind soldiers when they have climbed up a height.

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If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them.

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The art of using troops is this: ......When ten to the enemy's one, surround him; ......When five times his strength, attack him; ......If double his strength, divide him; ......If equally matched you may engage him; ......If weaker numerically, be capable of withdrawing; ......And if in all respects unequal, be capable of eluding him, ..........for a small force is but booty for one more powerful.

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So a military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape: the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius.

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The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

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