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High Quotes by Sun Tzu
- If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep…
- When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate…
- Where the army is, prices are high; when prices rise the wealth of the people is exhausted.
- The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained…
- 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…
- A sovereign of high character and intelligence must be able to know the right man, should place the responsibility on him, and expect results.
- Getting people to fight by letting the force of momentum work is like rolling logs and rocks. Logs and rocks are still when in a…
- If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagement; I attack that which he is…
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