“Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory:
1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
3 He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
4 He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
5 He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”
― The Art of War
1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
3 He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
4 He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
5 He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”
― The Art of War
“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
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