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Battle Quotes
"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."
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"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."
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"Percy glanced over. He saw the fallen giant and seemed to understand what was happening. He yelled something that was lost in the wind, probably: Go!Then he slammed Riptide into the ice at his feet. The entire glacier shuddered. Ghosts fell to their knees. Behind Percy, a wave surged up from the bay-a wall of gray water even taller than the glacier. Water shot from the chasms and crevices in the ice. As the wave hit, the back half of the camp crumbled. The entire edge of the glacier peeled away, cascading into the void-carrying buildings, ghosts, and Percy Jackson over the edge."
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"A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win."
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"Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle."
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"The single greatest advantage anyone can take into any battle is hope."
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"The day my father came to claim me, my mother did not wish for me to go. 'She is a girl,' she said, 'and I do not think that she is yours. I had a thousand other men.' He tossed his spear at my feet and gave my mother the back of his hand across the face, so she began to weep. 'Girl or boy, we fight our battles,' he said, 'but the gods let us choose our weapons.' He pointed to the spear, then to my mother's tears, and I picked up the spear."
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"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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"Ungodliness has always declared war on godliness."
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