"Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that……" — Sun Tzu
"Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat."
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407 Quotes by Sun Tzu
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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…
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This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe…
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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…
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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;…
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Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live.…
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All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which…
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Hail to the chief in triumph advances.
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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country…
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