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If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.
Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.
Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.
All wars are won or lost before they are ever fought.
Who can determine where one ends and the other begins?
The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.
To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape.
Agitate him and ascertain the pattern of his movement.
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy.
To capture an enemies army is better than to destroy it.
He whose ranks are united in purpose will be victorious.
A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
When your opponent gives you an opening, be swift as a hare.
If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is death.
Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.
To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills
If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.
If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight.
What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
The height of strategy, is to attack your opponent's strategy.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.
When the thunderclap comes, there is no time to cover the ears.
The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally
It is more important to outhink your enemy, than to outfight him
A warrior who is prepared to fight must also be prepared to die.
Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.
Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed.
If you are strong, appear weak. But if you are weak, appear strong.
There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.
Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of business.
Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.
There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily.
The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting.
Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds.
He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.
Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on him.
He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.
Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.