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If you can accept losing, you can't win.
If you can accept losing, you can't win.
Unfortunately this earth is not. . . a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh.
Unfortunately this earth is not. . . a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh.
You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.
You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
Many a good man I have seen go under.
Many a good man I have seen go under.
Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?
Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
