She likes it now, she won’t two hours from now. Of course you don’t tell her she’ll be on that long—you don’t trap an army without leaving them a means of escape, viz. Mohi. The same is true here. You can’t tell her you’re going to leave her on the machine until she can’t think, until every moment is agony, until she would gnaw off her own legs, if she could. No, you tell her she won’t be on it long, you deny her the ability to be prepared for what is to come.
是故勝兵先勝而後求戰,敗兵先戰而後求勝。 Or for those of you, like me, who cannot read Chinese, “Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.” The source should be obvious. The same is true of being a dominant.
(via amastersnature)