Nice quote. Give the guy some credit. Sun Tzu
"Knowing when one can and cannot do battle is victory. Knowing the use of the many and the few is victory. Superior and inferior desiring the same is victory. Being prepared and awaiting the unprepared is victory. The general being capable and ruler not interfering is victory."
"Now battle for victory, attack and attain it. But if one does not follow up on the achievement, it is inauspicious.
One's fate is "wealth flowing away."
Thus it is said -
The enlightened ruler contemplates it. The good general follows up on it.
If it is not advantageous, do not act. If it is not attainable, do not employ troops. If it is not in danger, do not do battle. The ruler cannot raise an army on account of wrath. The general cannot do battle on account of rancor. If it accords with advantage, then employ troops. If it does not, then stop. Wrath can return to joy. Rancor can return to delight. An extinguished state cannot return to existence. The dead cannot return to life. Thus the enlightened sovereign is careful about this. The good general is cautious about this. These are a Tao of securing the state and keeping the army whole."
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