Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes

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

• Thinking
• War
• Winning
• Victory

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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
  • Thinking
  • War
  • Winning