Chinese - Philosopher | B.C.545 - B.C.470
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu
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If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
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He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.
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Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.
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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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Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.
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