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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night.

Sun Tzu

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Sun Tzu
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In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack.. the direct and the indirect yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the enemy's position weak.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
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Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may grow arrogant.
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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
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Do not press an enemy at bay.
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When campaigning, be swift as the wind in leisurely march, majestic as the forest in raiding and plundering, like fire in standing, firm as the mountains. As unfathomable as the clouds, move like a thunderbolt.
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Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.
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And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.
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On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough hence the institution of gongs and drums... banners and flags. Gongs and drums, banners and flags, are means whereby the ears and eyes of the host may be focused on one particular point.
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The value of time, that is of being a little ahead of your opponent, often provides greater advantage than superior numbers or greater resources.
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If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to provoke a battle, and fighting will be to your disadvantage.
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With regard to ground of this nature, be before the enemy in occupying the raised and sunny spots, and carefully guard your line of supplies. Then you will be able to fight with advantage.
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Engage people with what they expect it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment - that which they cannot anticipate.
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The clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and does not require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to pick out the right men and utilize combined energy
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Maneuvering with an army is advantageous with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous.
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Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting he captures their cities without laying siege to them he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.
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