"If fighting is sure to result in victory,……" — Sun Tzu
"If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding."
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407 Quotes by Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu has 407 quotes on this site.
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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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My son, when you pray, do it like a person who is bidding farewell to this world, and don't assume…
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How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me,…
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His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage. He is indeed a horse...
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Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell…
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We will put no impediment in your way and we will be at dockside bidding you a farewell as you…
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