RE: The Germans Are Coming banned?
June 16, 2013 at 7:24 am
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2013 at 7:27 am by Angrboda.)
The Germans are coming Wrote:We will see if I have calmed down.
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I will simply have to find a new way to interact with ******.
There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general:
- Recklessness, which leads to destruction;
- cowardice, which leads to capture;
- a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults;
- a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame;
- a compassionate nature which can be troubled.
Quick-tempered people can be lured into coming to you by anger and embarrassment,
puritanical people can be lured into coming to you by slander and disgrace ... those who
love the people there will invariably hasten there to rescue them, troubling and wearying
themselves in the process.
— Cao Cao, commentary
Good generals are otherwise: they are not committed to death yet do not expect to live;
they act in accord with events, not quick to anger, not subject to embarrassment. When
they see possibility, they are like tigers; otherwise they shut their doors.
— Chen Hao, commentary