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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
- Sun Tzu

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
- Sun Tzu

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
- Sun Tzu

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

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
- Sun Tzu

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
- Sun Tzu

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.
- Sun Tzu

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
- Sun Tzu

Quickness is the essence of the war.
- Sun Tzu

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.
- Sun Tzu