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Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you.
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All war is deception.
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One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.
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To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad…
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This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe that there…
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Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
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For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
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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…
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Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people…
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All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is…
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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while…
— Martial
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At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a…
— Sun Tzu
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The traditional gender ideals of the strong-silent man who plays his cards close to his chest and the mysterious woman who disguises…
— Sam Keen
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Coyness is a rather comically pathetic fault, a miscalculation in which, by trying to veil the ego, we let it appear stark…
— Louis Kronenberger
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Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.
— Andrew Marvell
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Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness Lady were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To…
— Andrew Marvell
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