"Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may…" — Sun Tzu

"Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may grow arrogant."

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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.
All war is deception.
One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.
To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or…
This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe…
Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's…
He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact;…
Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live.…
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which…

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More Arrogant Quotes

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I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant. — John Banville
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility. — Simone de Beauvoir
Not trying to be arrogant, but if I walked down the street and a girl saw me, she might take… — Justin Bieber
I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people… — Bjork
It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose. — Tony Blair
Brian Cox is the nicest guy, but he's so arrogant. — Danny Boyle
If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to… — Tony Campolo
I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant.… — Sherman Alexie
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I don't believe in talking about my work. I let it speak for itself. I'd rather make money than just… — Shailender Singh
Microsoft has gotten so big that it can put out a Preview that will install itself without checking first to… — Jerry Pournelle
If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. — Sun Tzu

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