Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
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.
For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
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