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Probe him and learn where his strength is abundant and where deficient.

Sun Tzu

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Sun Tzu
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the supreme of excellence. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence.
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There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefitted.
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The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.
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