"Concerning martial valour, merit lies more in dying for one’s master than in striking down the enemy. This can be understood from the devotion of Sate Tsugunobu*."
The Matheson Trust; Yamamoto, Tsunetomo, Hagakure: In the Shade of the Leaves, Section 84 (p. 24) http://themathesontrust.org/library/hagakure-book-of-the-samurai
Bravery isn't winning, it's risking everything for your purpose, thus making your loss the true evidence. How can we even imagine this, swamped in the trivialities of contemporary life? Is Netflix worth dying for?
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| By Yōshū Chikanobu (Claremont Colleges Digital Library) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons |
*Protecting his master, Tsugunobu is felled by Noritsune's arrow. Taira no Noritsune aiming his bow at Minamoto Yoshitsune, but hitting Satō Tsugunobu, who rode between to protect Yoshitsune. Noritsune's servant Kikuo is running forward to behead Tsugunobu
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