The most famous lines of Sun Tzu's The Art of War
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Know the enemy and know yourself, and in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. · To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence. · All warfare is based on deception.. (Updated Oct 26, 2020.)
The lines from The Art of War that generals, business people and coaches have quoted for 2,500 years, with the chapter each comes from.
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Top 12
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Know the enemy and know yourself, and in a hundred battles you will never be in peril.
Attack by Stratagem.
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To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence.
Attack by Stratagem.
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All warfare is based on deception.
Laying Plans.
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Attack where the enemy is unprepared; appear where you are not expected.
Laying Plans.
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The highest form of warfare is to attack the enemy's strategy.
Attack by Stratagem.
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In war, value victory, not long campaigns.
Waging War.
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Swift as the wind, quiet as the forest, fierce as fire, immovable as a mountain.
Manoeuvring.
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An army has no constant formation, just as water has no constant shape.
Weak Points and Strong.
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The skilful fighter imposes his will on the enemy and does not let the enemy impose theirs.
Weak Points and Strong.
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The victorious army wins first and then seeks battle; the defeated army fights first and then seeks victory.
Tactical Dispositions.
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A ruler should not raise an army out of anger, nor a general fight out of resentment.
Attack by Fire.
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Throw your soldiers into deadly peril and they will survive; plunge them into desperate straits and they will live.
The Nine Situations.
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