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Podría morir en el campo de batalla, incluso podría ser vencido por Mitríades;
He could be killed on the battlefield, he could even lose to Mithridates;
¿Cuántas veces tenemos que ser vencidos para perder todas esas victorias y esas promesas de victoria?
How many times must we lose to have lost all those victories and promises of victory?
Se aplican a un terreno donde se puede ganar o perder, vencer o ser vencido, mientras que la vida interior según el modelo cristiano es sobre todo una técnica probada de contarse historias que nadie va a contradecir y de hacerse interesante ante uno mismo en todo tipo de circunstancias.
They occupy a terrain where you can win or lose, conquer or be conquered, whereas the inner life along Christian lines is above all a tried and tested way of telling yourself stories that run no risk of being contradicted, and in any case of making yourself interesting in your own eyes.
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