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30 - Comparison - Pyrrhus and Marius

Cost of Glory

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Puris's Death Pains Me Even Now

Pyris refused to accept his lot, to see the limits of the opportunities he was faced with. He just kept on pushing his luck until it ran out. There was a big idea that he could use to motivate recalcitrant allies. Puris surged into a much different world in the west. But if i'm honest, his death pains me even now. It's noble to rage against the dying of the light, but it can be exceedingly difficult, even for far seeing people, to discern whether our boldest efforts are well spent or wasted. In perus's case, however, a simple calculation of justice might have kept him clear of the final peloponnesian mess

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