Sun Tzu quotes

6th c. BC (traditional) · Chinese general and strategist

The Art of War is a short manual on strategy now read more by managers than by generals. We quote Lionel Giles's 1910 translation.

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3 quotes traced to Sun Tzu's own work or a reliable witness.

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All warfare is based on deception.

Source: The Art of War I.18, tr. Lionel Giles

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If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

Source: The Art of War III.18, tr. Lionel Giles

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Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Source: The Art of War III.2, tr. Lionel Giles