Nana korobi, ya oki. Meaning, you fall down seven times, get up eight times. An encouragement to for perseverance. 

I think that old proverb fits perfectly well with this story. The best thing I could compare this story to is like watching one of those old samurai movies, like Seven Samurai and the like. What we have here is one very artsy take on Equestria. The author, Salty Alty said in the comments on this:

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