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Sun Tzu Quotes & Sayings

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
- Sun Tzu

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
- Sun Tzu

A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.
- Sun Tzu

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness.
- Sun Tzu

What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.
- Sun Tzu

The more you read and learn, the less your adversary will know.
- Sun Tzu

What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
- Sun Tzu

Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
- Sun Tzu

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
- Sun Tzu

It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, be able to divide them; if equal,engage them; if fewer, be able to evade them; if weaker, be able to avoid them.
- Sun Tzu

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