Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

Quote by Sun Tzu

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The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then...

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then...

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

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

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

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they...

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they...

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys;...

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys;...

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...

Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation,...

Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation,...

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is...

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is...

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

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

Do not press an enemy at bay.

Do not press an enemy at bay.

If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.

If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is...

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is...

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle...

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle...

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

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

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.

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

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

All war is deception.

All war is deception.

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as...

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as...

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the...

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the...