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

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Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights a...more

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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.

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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

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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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Invincibility lies in the defence the possibility of victory in the attack.

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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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Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men i...more

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Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.

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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