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Sun Tzu or Sunzi was a Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher during the Zhou dynasty's Spring and Autumn Period.

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Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war

– Sun Tzu

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The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.

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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first then seek to win.

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O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

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Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

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Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

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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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If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

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If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

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The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

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Therefore the skilful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.

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War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied.

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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.

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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, neighboring rulers will take advantage of this.

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