by winston » Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:37 am
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
All warfare is based on deception.
To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
(Sun Tzu on the Art of War).
It's all about "how much you made when you were right" & "how little you lost when you were wrong"