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Kill one, terrify a thousand.

Sun Tzu

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Sun Tzu
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Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.
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It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him if five to one, to attack him if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.
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Use humility to make the enemy haughty. Tire them by flight. Cause division among them. When they are unprepared, attack and make your move when they do not expect it.
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You cannot know if you will be successful or not. You can only prepare for battle and it must be done with all of your heart and with all of your consciousness. In that manner, you will have an edge.
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If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.
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To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape.
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Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may grow arrogant.
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If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely traced out on the ground. All we need to do is to throw something odd and unaccountable in his way.
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If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.
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To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is not really good.
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Should the enemy strengthen his van, he will weaken his rear should he strengthen his rear, he will weaken his van should he strengthen his left, he will weaken his right should he strengthen his right, he will weaken his left. If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.
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Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
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Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow.
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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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It is the business of a general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy upright and just, and thus maintain order.
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It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.
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The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.
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The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.
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