31. The Drawback of Charging Blind Into Battle
“Don’t charge blind into…” is usually used as a figure of speech, to caution others against rushing into something, without knowing what they’re getting themselves into. In the case of King John of Bohemia (1296 – 1346), that could have been used as a literal warning.
Also known as John the Blind after losing his sight in the last ten years of his life, this royal John mounted a horse, and despite being blind, charged into battle. It did not end well for him, nor for the entourage that tried to protect him from his folly.