Favorite Sun Tzu sayings

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What's your favorite aphorism in The Art of War?

Mine is, "Rush down like a mountain stream; fill every crevice."
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Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death. - Sun Tzu
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There is an approximate quote that I heard long ago. It was loosely attributed to a Chinese general, but that may or may not be true. Anyway, it goes:

A poor decision, quickly made and instantly acted upon, fathers a greater chance of success than the perfect plan too long pondered.
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"Hit 'em where they ain't."

Wait, that's Wee Willie Keeler, late of the Baltimore Orioles. Still, good idea.
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I think the purple cinch is just simply adorable. Can't wait to see the spring collection.
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I think the purple cinch is just simply adorable. Can't wait to see the spring collection.
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I don't recall that being one of Sun Tzu's aphorism's.......
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Sun Tzu spent a lot of time at courts and palaces - he knew the importance of the right fashion statement.
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What's your favorite aphorism in The Art of War?

"Always get extra pancakes with the plum sauce."
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Not extra sauce with the pancakes?
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Not extra sauce with the pancakes?

I always run out of the pancakes. Go figure. [:)]

(I'm a plum rationer apparently)
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Not extra sauce with the pancakes?

I always run out of the pancakes. Go figure. [:)]

(I'm a plum rationer apparently)
Well, the pancakes are obviously not going into your lithe figure, they must be accreting into your antlers. Although, you've got one heck of an overhang, have you seen an orthodontist about that?

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Not extra sauce with the pancakes?

I always run out of the pancakes. Go figure. [:)]

(I'm a plum rationer apparently)
Well, the pancakes are obviously not going into your lithe figure, they must be accreting into your antlers. Although, you've got one heck of an overhang, have you seen an orthodontist about that?

Nah. The campers I run down and trample to death don't seem to mind the teeth.
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My favorite is:

"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle."

When I finished serving as our battalion S2 (Intel officer), my commander gave me a copy of Sun Tzu's book as a parting gift, I still have it.
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I don't have any favorite Sun Tzu sayings. As far as I know, I don't know any Sun Tzu sayings. Other than what I can glean from the title of this thread, I don't know who Sun Tzu is or was.

Down here in the South, there is pretty much just one favorite military saying, "Git thar the firstest with the mostest." (I'm not sure Nathan Forrest actually said this - or said it quite like this - but it's universally famous nonetheless.)
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Alas, it was the lack of a carrier fleet that doomed the South.
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Sun Tzu spent a lot of time at courts and palaces - he knew the importance of the right fashion statement.
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True, but I'd be surprised if he said it - after all, Purple was just so yesterday dahrling!
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I don't have any favorite Sun Tzu sayings. As far as I know, I don't know any Sun Tzu sayings. Other than what I can glean from the title of this thread, I don't know who Sun Tzu is or was.

Down here in the South, there is pretty much just one favorite military saying, "Git thar the firstest with the mostest." (I'm not sure Nathan Forrest actually said this - or said it quite like this - but it's universally famous nonetheless.)

I prefer "Keep up the Skeer."
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I don't have any favorite Sun Tzu sayings. As far as I know, I don't know any Sun Tzu sayings. Other than what I can glean from the title of this thread, I don't know who Sun Tzu is or was.

Down here in the South, there is pretty much just one favorite military saying, "Git thar the firstest with the mostest." (I'm not sure Nathan Forrest actually said this - or said it quite like this - but it's universally famous nonetheless.)

I prefer "Keep up the Skeer."

And this under-reported gem from NBF: "The what Proclamation?"
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