Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and you know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.
Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.
I know the established Christian theology... I know the enemy, but the enemy doesn't know me. Thus the enemy has already lost the war.
To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia.
The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
That says it all. When you say, 'Victory,' that says it all.
The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.