"Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won."

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"Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle."

"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything."

"A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win."

"What is important is not to fight, but to fight the right enemy."

"Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there."

"I am afeard there are few die well that die in battle, for how can they charitably dispose of anything when blood is their argument?"

"Girl or boy, we fight our battles. But the God's let us choose our weapons."

"To deny the battle is unwise. To believe that I can fight it without God is insane. To actually do so is suicidal. No wonder so many of us walk around looking like death warmed over."

"Then Royce's parry came a beat too late. The pale sword bit through the ringmail beneath his arm. The young Lord cried out in pain. Blood welled between the rings. It seemed red as fire where they touched the snow."

"I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle."

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