- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Fate
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Quickness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Quickness is the essence of the war.
- Only
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To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
- Calculations
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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.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Encourage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
- Matters
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.
- Destroy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
- Ignorant
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- Nov 07, 2020
If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
- Excellence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
- Disaster
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- Nov 07, 2020
Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
- Calamity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.
- Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
Balk the enemy's power; force him to reveal himself.
- Art Of War
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- Nov 07, 2020
The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
- Irritate
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
- Art Of War
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- Nov 07, 2020
The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.
- Excellence
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- Nov 07, 2020