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Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?
Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning
I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that read more
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
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.