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When he was twice victorious in conflict with the Romans, but lost many of his friends and commanders, he said, ‘If we are victorious over the Romans in one more battle, we are lost!’ 1
1 The details may be found ibid. chap. xxii. (397 B). The ‘Pyrrhic victory’ is like the ‘Cadmean victory,’ Moralia, 10 A.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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