A military operation involves deception. - Sun Tzu
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Draw them in with a prospect for gain, take them by confusion. - Sun Tzu
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When they are fulfilled, be prepared against them, when they are strong, avoid them. - Sun Tzu
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Use anger to throw them into disarray. - Sun Tzu
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Use humility to make them haughty. - Sun Tzu
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Tire them by flight. - Sun Tzu
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Cause division among them. - Sun Tzu
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Attack when they are unprepared, make your move when they do not expect it. - Sun Tzu
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The formation and procedure by the military should not be divulged beforehand. - Sun Tzu
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If you besiege a citadel, your strength will be exhausted. - Sun Tzu
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Those who win every battle are not really skillful -- 
Those who render other's armies helpless without fighting are the best of all. - Sun Tzu
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The superior militarist strikes while schemes are being laid.  
The next best is to attack alliances.  
The next best is to attack the army.  
The lowest is to attack a city. - Sun Tzu
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Siege of a city is only done as a last resort. - Sun Tzu
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If a general cannot overcome his anger and has his army swarm over the citadel, 
killing a third of his soldiers, and yet the citadel is still not taken,
this is a disastrous attack. - Sun Tzu
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So the rule for use of the military is that if you outnumber the opponent ten to one, then surround them;
five to one, attack; two to one, divide;
if you are equal, then fight if you are able.
If you are fewer, then keep away if you are able. 
If you are not as good, then flee if you are able. - Sun Tzu
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If you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles,
if you do not know others but know yourself, you win one and lose one,
if you do not know others and do not know yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle. - Sun Tzu
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In ancient times skillful warriors first made themselves invincible,
and then watched for vulnerability in their opponents. - Sun Tzu
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Therefore skillful warriors are able to be invincible, 
but they cannot cause opponents to be vulnerable.
That is why it is said that victory can be discerned but not manufactured. - Sun Tzu
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So it is that good warriors take their stand on ground where they cannot lose,
and do not overlook conditions that make an opponent prone to defeat. - Sun Tzu
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Therefore those who skillfully move opponents make formations that opponents are sure to follow,
give what opponents are sure to take.  They move opponents with prospect of gain,
waiting for them in ambush. - Sun Tzu
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Those who are first on the battlefield and await the opponent are at ease,
those who are last on the battlefield and head into the battle are worn out. - Sun Tzu
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Therefore good warriors cause others to come to them, and do not go to others. - Sun Tzu
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So in the case of those who are skilled in attack, their opponents do not know where to defend.
In the case of those skilled in defense, their opponents do not know where to attack. - Sun Tzu
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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. - Sun Tzu
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To advance irresistibly, push through their gaps.  To retreat elusively, outspeed them. - Sun Tzu
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Therefore when you want to do battle, even if the opponent is deeply entrenched in a defensive position,
he will be unable to avoid fighting if you attack where he will surely go to the rescue. - Sun Tzu
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If you can strike few with many, you will thus minimize the number of those with whom you do battle. - Sun Tzu
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Your battleground is not to be known, for when it cannot be known, 
the enemy makes many guard outposts, and since multiple outposts are established,
you only have to do battle with small squads. - Sun Tzu
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So when the front is prepared, the rear is lacking, 
and when the rear is prepared, the front is lacking...
Preparedness everywhere means lack everywhere. - Sun Tzu
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Incite them to action in order to find out the patterns of movement and rest. - Sun Tzu
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So a military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape:
the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius. - Sun Tzu
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So if you do not know the plans of your competitors, you cannot make informed alliances. - Sun Tzu
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Avoiding confrontation with orderly ranks and not attacking great formations is mastering adaptation. - Sun Tzu
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Do not follow a feigned retreat.  Do not attack crack troops. - Sun Tzu
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Do not press a desperate enemy. - Sun Tzu
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Do not stay in barren or isolated territory. - Sun Tzu
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When cut off by water, always stay away from the water. 
Do not meet them in the water; 
it is advantageous to let half of them cross and then attack them. - Sun Tzu
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Take care of physical health and stay where there are plenty of resources.
When there is no sickness in the army, it is said to be invincible. - Sun Tzu
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Whenever the terrain has impassable ravines, natural enclosures, natural prisons,
natural traps, natural pitfalls, and natural clefts, you should leave quickly and not get near them. - Sun Tzu
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Those whose words are humble while they increase war preparations are going to advance.
Those whose words are strong and who advance aggressively are going to retreat. - Sun Tzu
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When light vehicles come out first and stay to the sides, they are going to set up a battle line. - Sun Tzu
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Those who come seeking peace without a treaty are plotting. - Sun Tzu
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Those who busily set out arrays of armed vehicles are expecting reinforcements. - Sun Tzu
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If half their force advances and half retreats, they are trying to lure you. - Sun Tzu
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When forces angrily confront you but delay engagement, yet do not leave,
it is imperative to watch them carefully. - Sun Tzu
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The individualist without strategy who take opponents lightly will inevitably become captive of others. - Sun Tzu
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Even people who dislike each other, if in the same boat, will help each other out of trouble. - Sun Tzu
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Therefore if you do not compete for alliances anywhere, do foster authority anywhere,
but just extend your personal influence, threatening opponents, this make town and country vulnerable. - Sun Tzu