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Pyrrhic victory

Posted by Ed Stansell on September 13, 2002

I think it an interesting note that the Greek general Pyrrhus, after winning a very costly victory over the Romans and losing about two-thirds of his army, is quoted as saying "A few more such victories and I shall be ruined"
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