The Fighting Spirit of Spartacus(mirrored quote) Merchant : Surely you know your going to lose, don't you. You have no chance. At this very moment 6 cohorts of the garrison of Rome are approaching this position. What are you going to do? Spartacus : We'll decide that when they get here. Merchant : Let me put it differently, If you looked into a magical crystal and saw your army destroyed and yourself dead, if you saw that in your future as I'm sure your seeing it now, would you continue to fight? Spartacus : Yes Merchant : Knowing that you must lose? Spartacus: All men lose when they die, all men die but a slave and a free man who dies loses different things. Merchant : They both lose life. Spartacus : A free man who dies loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows, that's why he is not afraid of it. That's why we will win. Moral of the story , there is victory even in the face of defeat . It's in the attitude of the fight . Perhaps Samurai could closely resemble this fighting spirit.