If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a d…

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.25, Xist Publishing
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If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.25, Xist Publishing

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