Good thread. Good, good thread.

Sun-Tzu's The Art of War, which is deeply empowering, if somewhat Machiavellian:


So it is said:
"Know thy eneomy,
Know thyself,
And victory
Is never in doubt,
Not in a hundred battles"


Anger
Can turn to
Pleasure;
Spite
Can turn to
Joy;
But a nation destroyed
Cannot be
Put back together again;
A dead man
Cannot be
Brought back to life.