Those who combat well, are sustained by own understanding of many things. Experience may have taught what could be of real worth, and what assets are worth striving for and having. In some circumstances unity is such an asset. It suggests that not all things have to get sordid for those who go with the flow and accept such as military training. In addition to that, some live to tell.
History is the versions of winning sides.
Not only bold people win strides. Fables Fables of Aesop are here, a few so far. The Apocrypha books are particular books of old that have been more or less hidden. Therefore, they might not be authoritative Bible canon. However, some Bibles include these books, and there ae some very good tales in them.