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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 05 2012 @ 08:55 AM EDT |
Either a mistranslation/misquote, or talking about something else.
Winning a swordfight without drawing your sword is just being cocky. Winning a
conflict without drawing a weapon is good for other reasons (There's a line
about how killing someone will get their relatives to come and kill you, which
will get your relatives to go and kill them, which will get their relatives to
go and kill your relatives, ad infinitum. That makes the point, but I'm sure it
can be phrased better than that).
The line like that that I know, is to win *before* you draw your sword (flowery
language for "start the fight"). It's about justified confidence in
yourself, arranging the field so your opponent starts at a disadvantage, and
probably a few other things I haven't figured out yet. Those short quotes are
like that: meanings on meanings on meanings. It's probably a Musashi line, but
I could be mis-attributing it.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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