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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

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If I am able to determine the enemy's dispositions while at the same time I conceal my own, then I can concentrate and he must divide.

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The art of using troops is this: ......When ten to the enemy's one, surround him; ......When five times his strength, attack him; ......If double his strength, divide him; ......If equally matched you may engage him; ......If weaker numerically, be capable of withdrawing; ......And if in all respects unequal, be capable of eluding him, ..........for a small force is but booty for one more powerful.

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the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or in peril.

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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 to safety, and thus prevent his fighting with the courage of despair. After that, you may crush him.

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In the tumult and uproar, the battle seems chaotic, but there is no disorder, the troops appear to be milling about in circles but cannot be defeated.

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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.

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When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become as it were like unto rolling logs or stones. For it is the nature of a log or stone to remain motionless on level ground, and to move when on a slope; if four-cornered, to come to a standstill, but if round-shaped to go rolling down.

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Keep their friends close and their enemies closer.

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As water shapes its flow in accordance with the ground, so an army manages its victory in accordance with the situation of the enemy.

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Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals.

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If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.

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The essential factor of military success is speed, that is taking advantage of others' unpreparedness or lack of foresight, their failure to catch up, going by routes they do not expect, attacking where they are not on guard. This you cannot accomplish with hesitation.

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One who speaks deferentially but increases his preparations will advance. One who speaks belligerently and advances hastily will retreat.

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Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.

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In all history, there is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. Only one who knows the disastrous effects of a long war can realize the supreme importance of rapidity in bringing it to a close.

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Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.

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Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.

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A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy.

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Those who excel in war first cultivate their own humanity and and maintain their laws and institutions. By these means they make their governments invincible.

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