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David Halberstam, The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War Quotes: Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.
         

Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.


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Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.
         



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This page presents the quote "Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.". Author of this quote is David Halberstam, The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War. This quote is about arrogance, discretion, humility,.