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Jobb Posted 22 years ago
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1) to know yourself well and to know your enemy well, one hundred battles, one hundred victories.
2) Know thy self and know thy enemy and in a thousand battles, you shall never be defeated.
3) Knowing me knowing you, there's nobody I can't outdo.
4) To know your enemy and yourself well always ensures you a winner.
5) Knowing both sides well, you will never be defeated.
  

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): what is the purpose here? When you post these choices, you need to let us know what the context will be-- is it a proverb? an advertisement?

  • ): what is the purpose here?
  • When you post these choices, you need to let us know what the context will be-- is it a proverb?
  • an advertisement?
  • from a children's story?
  • I presume that this is a proverb.
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I need to ask (again, maybe-- did I ask before?): what is the purpose here? When you post these choices, you need to let us know what the context will be-- is it a proverb? an advertisement? from a children's story?

I presume that this is a proverb. Then, do you want a modern-style proverb or one in classic form? Do you wish it to be derivative? ('Know Thyself' is Socrates' famous m
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The original Chinese is a best-known maxim for the classic book Sunzi Military Science.
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You can find many translations of the Art of War over cyberspace.

My favorite maxim from Sun Tzu: The best way is to defeat your enemy without fighting a battle. (bat zin yi wat yan zi bing...)

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