Sun Tzu: Frases en inglés (página 2)

“If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame.”

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Sun Tzu libro El arte de la guerra

The Art of War, Chapter X · Terrain
Contexto: If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.

“He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.”

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Fuente: The Art of War, Chapter III · Strategic Attack

“In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.”

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Variant translations
It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only second best.
Fuente: The Art of War, Chapter III · Strategic Attack

“Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.”

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Fuente: The Art of War, Chapter I · Detail Assessment and Planning

“What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.”

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Fuente: The Art of War, Chapter II · Waging War

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”

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Probably apocryphal. This quotation does not appear in any print translation of Sun Tzu. The first citation in Google Books is from 2002; no citation in Google Books occurs in a translation of Sun Tzu.
Misattributed

“The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.”

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Fuente: The Art of War, Chapter VIII · Variations and Adaptability

“In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.”

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Fuente: The Art of War, Chapter IX · Movement and Development of Troops

“When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing.”

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Fuente: The Art of War, Chapter V · Forces

“Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.”

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“Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.”

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Fuente: The Art of War, Chapter XIII · Intelligence and Espionage

“For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”

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Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities... It is best to win without fighting.
Fuente: The Art of War, Chapter III · Strategic Attack

“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”

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A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.
Fuente: The Art of War, Chapter I · Detail Assessment and Planning