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A MEDITATION

“ Victorious causes pleased the gods, but the defeated one pleased Cato.

— Cato the Younger

via Lucan, Pharsalia 1.128

On fate

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A reflection

History is written by the winners, but character is audited by whoever was right and lost. Sometimes the cause you fought for matters more than whether it won. Being on the losing side of a worthy fight is its own kind of victory.

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