All Sun Tzu Quotes
There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.
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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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Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
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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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The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.
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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.
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In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.
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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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