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  1. In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.
  2. Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.
  3. Foreknowledge cannot be elicited from ghosts and spirits (http://sonshi.com/sun13.html)
  4. He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
  5. The art of war is of vital importance to the State. In bed.
  6. To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
  7. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all!
  8. According as circumstances are favorable, one should modify one's plans.
  9. Hence the saying: The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general cultivates his resources.
  10. When you have the enemy's strongholds on your rear, and narrow passes in front, it is hemmed-in ground.
  11. Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots
  12. Mountain forests, rugged steeps, marshes and fens--all country that is hard to traverse: this is difficult ground.
  13. When a chieftain is fighting in his own territory, it is dispersive ground.
  14. Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.
  15. What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
  16. There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
  17. The onrush of a conquering force is like the bursting of pent-up waters into a chasm a thousand fathoms deep.
  18. The rising of birds in their flight is the sign of an ambuscade. Startled beasts indicate that a sudden attack is coming.
  19. Camp in high places, facing the sun. Do not climb heights in order to fight. So much for mountain warfare.
  20. It is a military axiom not to advance uphill against the enemy, nor to oppose him when he comes downhill.