"Ponder and deliberate before you make your move. He will conquer who has learned the artifice of deviation. Such is the art of maneuvering."
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Sun Tzu quotes (page 23 of 23)
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"It is according to the shapes that I lay the plans for victory, but the multitude does not comprehend this. Although everyone can see the outward aspects, none understands the way in which I have created victory."
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"Of all rewards none [is] more liberal than those given to secret agents."
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"Getting people to fight by letting the force of momentum work is like rolling logs and rocks. Logs and rocks are still when in a secure place, but roll on an incline; they remain stationary if square, they roll if round. Therefore, when people are skillfully led into battle, the momentum is like that of round rocks rolling down a high mountain - this is force."
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"War is a matter of vital importance to the state."
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"Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot."
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"The rising of birds in their flight is the sign of an ambuscade. Startled beasts indicate that a sudden attack is coming."
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"The Art of War is self-explanatory"
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"Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man."
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"Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuver. What is difficult about maneuver is to make the devious route the most direct and to turn misfortune to advantage."
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