Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability.
Sun TzuTo perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is not really good.
Sun TzuThere are only five notes in the musical scale, but their variations are so many that they cannot all be heard. There are only five basic colors, but their variations are so many that they cannot all be seen. There are only five basic flavors, but their variations are so many that they cannot all be tasted. There are only two kinds of charge in battle, the unorthodox surprise attack and the orthodox direct attack, but variations of the unorthodox and the orthodox are endless. The unorthodox and the orthodox give rise to each other, like a beginningless circle-who could exhaust them?
Sun Tzu