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To cut and slash are two different things. Cutting, whatever form of cutting it is, is decisive, with a resolute spirit. Slashing is nothing more than touching the enemy.

Miyamoto Musashi

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Miyamoto Musashi
Died: 1645
Died: June 13
Author
Bushi
Calligrapher
Military Personnel
Painter
Philosopher
Ronin
Strategist
Writer
Shinmen Takezō
Musashi Masana
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Musashi
Takemura Musashi
War
Slashing
Spirit
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Two
Resolute
Form
Decisive
Nothing
Touching
Different
Cutting
Things
Enemy
Whatever

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