So achievements were routinely exaggerated, while anything embarrassing or dishonorable, such as defeat in warfare, was played down, erased, or sometimes not even reported.
Kështu ishte zakon që arritjet të zmadhoheshin, kurse çdo gjë që i vinte në siklet a që i turpëronte, si për shembull, disfata në luftë, zvogëlohej, fshihej ose disa herë, madje, as nuk dokumentohej fare.