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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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To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

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A battle avoided cannot be lost.

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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.

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Appraise war in terms of the fundamental factors. The first of these factors is moral influence.

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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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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

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Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.

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When the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixed duties assigned to officers and men, and the ranks are formed in a slovenly haphazard manner, the result is utter disorganization.

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

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The skillful tactician may be likened to the shuai-jan. Now the shuai-jan is a snake that is found in the Ch'ang mountains. Strike at its head, and you will be attacked by its tail; strike at its tail, and you will be attacked by its head; strike at its middle, and you will be attacked by head and tail both.

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One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant.

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Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle .... They conquer by strategy.

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What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.

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Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him

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To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.

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

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

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