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)

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

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