So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.
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All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.Sun Tzu
So it is said that victory can be made.
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The proximity of an army causes prices to go up and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, they will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and their incomes dissipated.
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Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.
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If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it if fighting will not result is victory, then you must not fight, even at the ruler's bidding.
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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
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