To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills
For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
All war is based on deception.
Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of the former.
I will be able to forecast which side will be victorious and which defeated.
There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.