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For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

The best policy is to declare victory and leave.

Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.