Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
From Sun Tzu
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.
The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
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.
He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.
He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
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