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• To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills

  Sun Tzu

  Fighting, Skills, Enemy

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• You cannot know if you will be successful or not. You can only prepare for battle and it must be done with all of your heart and with all of your consciousness. In that manner, you will have an edge.

  Sun Tzu

  Heart, Successful, Battle

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• First learn to become invincible, then wait for your enemy's moment of vulnerability.

  Sun Tzu

  Waiting, Enemy, Firsts

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• There is no place where espionage is not possible.

  Sun Tzu

  Espionage

  Sun Tzu, Shang Yang (1997). “The Art of War”, p.53, Wordsworth Editions

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• Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Business, War

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.80, Xist Publishing

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• Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain

  Sun Tzu

  Art Of War, Fire, Mountain

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• If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.

  Sun Tzu

  Loss, Winning, Enemy

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• Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to the attack are signs that he will retreat.

  Sun Tzu

  Humble, Art Of War, Preparation

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.21, Lulu.com

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• Military tactics are like unto water; for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards... Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing. Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain.

  Sun Tzu

  Running, Art, Military

  Sun Tzu (2017). “El Arte de la Guerra – The Art of War (Sun Tzu)”, p.51, PLUTÓN EDICIONES X SL

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• Victory is the main object in war.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Victory

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• The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

  Sun Tzu

  Wise, Wisdom, Stupid

  Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.14, GENERAL PRESS

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• The art of using troops is this:
  ......When ten to the enemy's one, surround him;
  ......When five times his strength, attack him;
  ......If double his strength, divide him;
  ......If equally matched you may engage him;
  ......If weaker numerically, be capable of withdrawing;
  ......And if in all respects unequal, be capable of eluding him,
  ..........for a small force is but booty for one more powerful.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Powerful, Military

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• In desperate position, you must fight.

  Sun Tzu

  Fighting, Desperate, Position

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.19, Lulu.com

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• Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him

  Sun Tzu

  Art Of War, Enemy, Preparing For War

  Sun, Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, p.103, Aegitas

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• When you shoot a bow and arrow, you aim at the clouds, not because you expect to hit them, but so that you may reach the distant target on the ground.

  Sun Tzu

  Clouds, Arrows, Target

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• Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow...they have form but are formless. They are skilled in both planning and adapting and need not fear the result of a thousand battles: for they win in advance, defeating those that have already lost.

  Sun Tzu

  Winning, Rivers, Battle

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• One who speaks deferentially but increases his preparations will advance. One who speaks belligerently and advances hastily will retreat.

  Sun Tzu

  Preparation, Retreat, Speak

  Tzu Sun (1994). “The Art of War”, p.158, Basic Books

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• So the principles of warfare are: Do not depend on the enemy not coming, but depend on our readiness against him. Do not depend on the enemy not attacking, but depend on our position that cannot be attacked.

  Sun Tzu

  Enemy, Principles, Warfare

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• He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Winning, Waiting

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.12, Lulu.com

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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

  Military, Water, Victory

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.117, Shambhala Publications

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• There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.

  Sun Tzu

  Military, Art Of War, Giving

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.14, Lulu.com

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• He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Winning, Force

  Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.14, GENERAL PRESS

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• What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Enemy

  Sun Tzu, Shang Yang (1997). “The Art of War”, p.25, Wordsworth Editions

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• If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Army, Order

  Sun Tzu (2002). “The Art of War”, p.10, Courier Corporation

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• The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they will become double agents and available for our service. It is through the information brought by the double agent that we are able to acquire and employ local and inward spies. It is owing to his information, again, that we can cause the doomed spy to carry false tidings to the enemy.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli (2013). “The Complete Art of War”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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