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Take Quotes by Sun Tzu
- To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than…
- He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
- 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…
- To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful... It does not take much strength to lift a hair, it does…
- Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots.
- Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. He…
- When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the enemy's troops march…
- There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take…
- When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress to act. And…
- Birds rising in flight is a sign that the enemy is lying in ambush; when the wild animals are startled and flee he is trying…
- Generally in war the best policy is to take a state intact; to ruin it is inferior to this.
- Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is…
- If asked how to cope with a great host of the enemy in orderly array and on the point of marching to the attack, I…
- Those who do not know the plans of competitors cannot prepare alliances. Those who do not know the lay of the land cannot maneuver their…
- When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules,…
- However desperate the situation and circumstances, don't despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none of them. When…
- So it is that good warriors take their stance on ground where they cannot lose, and do not overlook conditions that make an opponent prone…
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