Victory

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 or yourself,
you will succumb in every battle.
-Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Artwork:
de La Tour, G. (c. 1640). The Penitent Magdalen. [Oil on canvas]. Retrieved from The Met Museum.