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Know thy self, know thy enemy.

Sun Tzu

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Sun Tzu
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Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.
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Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.
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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
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Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat.
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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Quickness is the essence of the war.
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Attack the enemy's strategy.
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Order or disorder depends on organisation and direction courage or cowardice on circumstances strength or weakness on tactical dispositions.
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Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.
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When the general is weak and without authority when his orders are not clear and distinct when there are no fixed duties assigned to officers and men, and the ranks are formed in a slovenly haphazard manner, the result is utter disorganization.
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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary.
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