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.

Quote by Sun Tzu

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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...

So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to...

So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to...

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than...

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than...

A kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can...

A kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can...

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...

In peace prepare for war, in war prepare for peace. The art of war is...

In peace prepare for war, in war prepare for peace. The art of war is...

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's...

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's...

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself...

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself...

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity...

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity...

All warfare is based on deception.

All warfare is based on deception.

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the Attack.

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the Attack.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank...

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank...

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.