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«According to my assessment, even if you have many more troops than others, how can that help you to victory?»
«Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.»
Author: Sun Tzu
(Author, General)
| Keywords:
agent, agents, army, be intimate, close to, commander, commanders, confidential, intimate, intimates, intimate with, intimating, in operation, liberal, operations, relating, rewards, secret agent, secret agents, The Agent
«If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result is victory, then you must not fight, even at the ruler's bidding.»
«The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, they will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and their incomes dissipated.»
Author: Sun Tzu
(Author, General)
| About:
Army
| Keywords:
afflicted, bare, dissipate, dissipated, dissipates, dissipating, drained, go up, high-priced, homes, incomes, prices, proximity, stripped
«One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it.»
«Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.»
Author: Sun Tzu
(Author, General)
| About:
Fate
| Keywords:
battles, cultivating, enterprise, stagnation, waste of time
«The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.»
«Supreme excellence in warfare consists of subduing the enemy without fighting.»
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