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All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see...  
All war is deception.  
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acm...  
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellen...  
If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because the...  
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results ...  
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espi...  
Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the...  
O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invis...  
Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate ...  
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.  
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.  
Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to m...  
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics with...  
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fe...  
The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple ...  
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility o...  
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which...  
The ultimate in disposing one's troops is to be without ascertainable ...  
There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.  
Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle aft...  
Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's st...  
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; sup...  
To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is no...  
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign th...