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Sun Tzu Quotes: If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.
         

If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.


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Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.



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It is more important to outhink your enemy, than to outfight him



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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.



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the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.



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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.



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