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Posted: 29 October 2008 11:09 AM   [ Ignore ]
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A victory with no winners

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Posted: 29 October 2008 02:57 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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. . . or try Pyrrhic victory, to prevail in singular pitched battle only to lose the entire war subsequent thereof!

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1.  הכל הבל׃ hakkōl hâvel Qohelet 1:2 “all (is) vanity” KJV loc. cit.
2.  [οἱ] ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι [Textus Receptus] Mark 10:31 novissimi primi Vulg. “last (shall be) first” ibid.
3.  ’Tis the path you take in life that’s more important!  Sufi wisdom

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