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A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
An enemy who has merely been beaten can recover and fight again, so defeat by force is temporary. The speaker argues that real victory comes through reconciliation: once an opponent is won over, the hostility itself is finished. Making peace, in this view, conquers more completely than winning a fight.
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