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*"Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move."
 
*"Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move."
 
*"What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations."
 
*"What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations."
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*"In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory."
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*" Indirect tactics, efficiently applied, are inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth, unending as the flow of rivers and streams; like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons, they pass away to return once more."
   
*"In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack – the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers. The direct and the indirect lead on to each other in turn. It is like moving in a circle – you never come to an end. Who can exhaust the possibilities of their combination?"
 
*"In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack – the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers. The direct and the indirect lead on to each other in turn. It is like moving in a circle – you never come to an end. Who can exhaust the possibilities of their combination?"
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" Indirect tactics, efficiently applied, are inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth, unending as the flow of rivers and streams; like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons, they pass away to return once more."
 
*"If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him."
 
*"If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him."
  
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