Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu (c. 335 BC - c. 288 BC), traditionally believed (c. 544 BC - c. 496 BC), also spelled Tsu, tze , tzu, or tse) was a Chinese military leader and theorist. He is chiefly known for this boom The Art of War, which is considered a classic of military strategy and warfare. We, however, know little about him.

Wisdom & Quotes

• To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance.

- Sun Tze Ping Fa

• Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat.

- Art of War

• Know the enemy and know yourself.

- Art of War

• All warfare is based on deception.

- Art of War

• Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as the night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

- Art of War

• Attack the enemy's strategy.

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• Those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.

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• Rapidity is the essence of war.

- Art of War

• Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety.

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• There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.

- Art of War

• As water has no constant form, there are in war no constant conditions.

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• What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.

- Art of War

• The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities... It is best to win without fighting.

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• He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.

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• Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is in acute distress.

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• A leader leads by example not by force.

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• Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.

- Art of War

Appius Claudius Caecus