The Law of Fatal Antagonism

When we sympathize with our enemies, when pity or the hope of reconciliation makes us pull back from doing away with them. This is all the truer with a former friend who has become an enemy. The law governing fatal antagonisms reads, reconciliation is out of the question. Only one side can win and it must win totally. Liu Bang learned this lesson well after defeating Xian Yu to become Supreme Commander of the Armies of Chu.