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010e7da
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We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors.
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strategy
war
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Sun Tzu |
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5dd5061
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You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.
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strategy
war
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Sun Tzu |
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79c3b68
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There are not more than five primary colors (blue, yellow, red, white, and black), yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
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strategy
war
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Sun Tzu |
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d1ed90e
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Whether in an advantageous position or a disadvantageous one, the opposite state should be always present to your mind.
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strategy
war
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Sun Tzu |
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2aa9ce9
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It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one,
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Sun Tzu |
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03a0d3a
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By reinforcing every part, he weakens every part.
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Sun Tzu |
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2d7178f
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No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content.
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Sun Tzu |
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1e3820d
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Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.
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field
fighting
strategy
war
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Sun Tzu |
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3415664
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When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is INSUBORDINATION.
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strategy
war
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Sun Tzu |
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34706ff
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The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
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strategy
war
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Sun Tzu |
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ac75ed1
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When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is COLLAPSE.
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strategy
war
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Sun Tzu |
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bb871bb
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Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise; for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.
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strategy
war
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Sun Tzu |
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0378878
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To lift an autumn hair is no sign of great strength; to see the sun and moon is no sign of sharp sight; to hear the noise of thunder is no sign of a quick ear.
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Sun Tzu |
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0bba78e
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The general who does not advance to seek glory, or does not withdraw to avoid punishment, but cares for only the people's security and promotes the people's interests, is the nation's treasure.
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Sun Tzu |
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50dd53e
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When the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixed duties assigned to officers and men, and the ranks are formed in a slovenly haphazard manner, the result is utter disorganization.
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Sun Tzu |
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3166d3d
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No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.
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Sun Tzu |
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2b7672b
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O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible, and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.
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military-philosophy
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Sun Tzu |
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5f7e989
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It is the unemotional, reserved, calm, detached warrior who wins, not the hothead seeking vengeance and not the ambitious seeker of fortune.
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Sun Tzu |