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Be where your enemy is not.

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If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them.

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One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.

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Secret operations are essential in war upon them the army relies to make its every move.

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The art of war is the art of deception.

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If equally matched, we can offer battle; if slightly inferior in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him....more

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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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If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.

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

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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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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.

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When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be ...more

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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 ...more

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