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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."
*“If equally matched, we can offer battle; if slightly inferior in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him.”
*"There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare."
*"There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare."
*"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?"