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The highest excellence in war is breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting, not winning every battle
Drawn from what Sun Tzu said
What Sun Tzu actually said
- Sun Tzu Chinese military general and strategist of the Eastern Zhou period
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
Where this was said
↗The Art of War, traditionally attributed to Sun Tzu (tr. Lionel Giles, 1910)gutenberg.org
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