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*"Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical."
*"Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical."
*"Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate." (An alternative translation: "Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus, he is master of his enemy's fate.").
*"Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate." (An alternative translation: "Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus, he is master of his enemy's fate.").
*Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him."
*"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances."
*"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances."
*“He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain.” – Sun Tzu, ''The Art of War''
*"The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers."
*"The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers."
*"Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals."
*"Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals."
*"All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved."
*"All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved."
*"If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him." (See: [[Irritating an opponent (military and political tactic)]])
*"If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him." (See: [[Irritating an opponent (military and political tactic)]])
* “No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.”
*“We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country—its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps.”
== Notes ==
== Notes ==