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the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

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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 vict...more

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Balk the enemy's power force him to reveal himself.

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Be where your enemy is not.

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All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

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One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.

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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 a...more

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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.

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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 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 n...more

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Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.