"Secret operations are essential in war upon them the army relies to make its every move."
-Sun Tzu
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"There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited."
-Sun Tzu
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"All war is based on deception."
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"Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy."
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"Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory."
-Sun Tzu
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"In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact to shatter and destroy it is not so good."
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