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The Art of War

Sun Tzu · 500 BC

Skip the plot, everyone can find that. Readers keep the residue here: the sentence that survived after the cover closed.

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One sentence. Forget the review voice. Write the line you'd underline and whisper to a friend on the train.

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Sun Tzu · 500 BC

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Supreme excellence: subdue the enemy without fighting. The best negotiations chapter in five thousand characters.
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Carried byAmir23 FEB 2026
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Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. My retro meetings live here.
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Carried byIlan23 MAR 2026
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All warfare is based on deception. Sun Tzu said it once; my inbox says it daily.
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Carried byTheo23 APR 2026
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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. The original poker manual.
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Carried byPetra23 MAY 2026
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. Every market crash chapter ever written, cited here first.
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Carried byHana23 JUN 2026
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The wise warrior avoids the battle. Two calendar clears saved by one sentence.
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Carried byGrace23 JUL 2026
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized. Action has momentum; so does waiting. Choose your spiral.
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Carried byOwen23 AUG 2026
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When the enemy is relaxed, make him toil. Patience as a weapon system.
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Carried byRosa23 SEP 2026
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Treat your men as your own beloved sons and they will follow you into the deepest valleys. Leadership, 500 BC.
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Carried byKofi23 OCT 2026
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Carried out of it: the greatest victory is that which requires no battle. Print it, frame it, cancel the meeting.
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Carried byAmir27 OCT 2026