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We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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These military devices, leading to victory, must not be divulged beforehand. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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So long as victory can be attained,  stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory;  show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points; ↗

— Sun Tzu

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If we wish to wrest an advantage from the enemy, we must not fix our minds on that alone, but allow for the possibility of the enemy also doing some harm to us, and let this enter as a factor into our calculations. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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If you do not take opportunity   to   advance and reward   the   deserving,   your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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This has a lot to do with the unrest in Nigeria, but also with the production loss after the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the decline in Iraq since the 2003 war, and the decline in Venezuelan output since 2002. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

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