snake
Anyone know what kind of snake this is? I tried Google, but didn’t see it. This was in the front yard.
I read chapter 3 “Attack By Stratagem” of Sun Tzu’s Art of War. Here is the end of that chapter:
17. Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory:
(1) He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
(2) He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
(3) He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
(4) He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
(5) He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.18. Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
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Comment by Rain — September 22, 2008 @ 1:27 pm