Pyrrhus beat the Romans at Asculum and lost most of his friends and officers doing it. When someone congratulated him, he answered “that one other such would utterly undo him.” A victory that costs this much is still called Pyrrhic.
From Parallel Lives by Plutarch
One email each Sunday morning: the week’s seven ideas, a question to think about, and a link to a story to read to a child.
Get the Sunday emailShort stories to read aloud at bedtime, each telling an idea from the same books. There’s a note for the grown-up after each one.
In the morning, you look in the mirror.
Oh! Your hair sticks up.
There is jam on your chin.
Enjoy The Road