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To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence… — Sun Tzu

Treatise · Military treatise

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Sun Tzu
The Art of War · 500 BC
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Military strategy
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Military treatise
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Treatise
Time
500 BCAncient World
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Sun Tzu
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Sun Tzu. The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life, translated by John Minford. Penguin Classics, 2009, ch. 3.
Original citation
Sun Tzu. 孫子兵法 [The Art of War]. c. 475 BC, ch. 3.

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