All Sun Tzu Quotes
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
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Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
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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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If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
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Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
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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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To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
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