Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
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Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
So clear of victory,
As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break agonized and clear.

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

One by one
in many countries
they break through
the ice of fear..
cups of crocuses
.. stand up in read more

One by one
in many countries
they break through
the ice of fear..
cups of crocuses
.. stand up in caucuses
.. East to West
from Africa to the Caucusus
and state
their eternal
allegiance
to the Creator Sun.

If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since read more

If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.

Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.