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Thus Quotes by Sun Tzu
- This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe that there is a road…
- Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.
- Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man.
- It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them…
- Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.
- It is the business of a general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy; upright and just, and thus maintain order.
- He must be able to mystify his officers and men by false reports and appearances, and thus keep them in total ignorance.
- 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…
- 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…
- In a position of this sort, even though the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be advisable not to stir forth, but…
- 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…
- Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.
- Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat…
- Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
- The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but…
- Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans, the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces, the…
- The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure…
- 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…
- The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.
- Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle .... They conquer by strategy.
- The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several…
- It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them…
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- My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what… — Saint Augustine
- To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. — Teresa of Avila
- O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Teresa of Avila
- Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event. — Gaston Bachelard
- If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus… — Abu Bakr
- Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world,… — Honore de Balzac
- Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. — Dave Barry
- It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling. — Pierre Bayle
- The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.' — Ludwig van Beethoven
- We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector,… — Carol Bellamy
- Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an… — Pope Benedict XVI