Sometimes acting with propriety involves losing—at least in a limited, specific context. Arguably, if you act with propriety, you always win.
These two sentences seem inconsistent. Care to unpack?
EDIT: replaced ‘contradictory’ with ‘inconsistent’. Logical quibble.
Destroying an Empire to win a war is no victory. And ending a battle to save an Empire is no defeat. - attributed to Kahless the Unforgettable
There is such a thing as a Pyrrhic victory. Likewise, some kinds of failure can be more valuable than ostensible success.
There is always a greater perspective. From that greater perspective, what a lesser perspective judges to be a win may be a loss, and vice versa.
These two sentences seem inconsistent. Care to unpack?
EDIT: replaced ‘contradictory’ with ‘inconsistent’. Logical quibble.
Destroying an Empire to win a war is no victory. And ending a battle to save an Empire is no defeat. - attributed to Kahless the Unforgettable
There is such a thing as a Pyrrhic victory. Likewise, some kinds of failure can be more valuable than ostensible success.
There is always a greater perspective. From that greater perspective, what a lesser perspective judges to be a win may be a loss, and vice versa.