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Sun Tzu

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Sun Tzu
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Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy forceful execution of even a poor plan can often bring victory.
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Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of the former.
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Weigh the situation, then move.
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The one who figures on victory at headquarters before even doing battle is the one who has the most strategic factors on his side.
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Being unconquerable lies with yourself being conquerable lies with your enemy.
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Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.
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