QuoteQuest“凡用兵之法，全國爲上；破國次之；全軍爲上，破軍次之；全旅爲上，破旅次之；全卒爲上，破卒次之；全伍爲上，破伍次之。”
— Sun Tzu
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- Wikiquote: Sun Tzu
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In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.
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Tzu, Sun. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Sun Tzu. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu
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