Pyrrhus, when his friends congratulated to him his victory over the Romans under Fabricius, but with great slaughter of his own side, said to them, Yes but if we have such another victory, we are undone. (Francis Bacon)

Pyrrhus, when his friends congratulated to him his victory over the Romans under Fabricius, but with great slaughter of his own side, said to them, Yes but if we have such another victory, we are undone.

Francis Bacon

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