A Cadmean victory. (The conquerors suffer as much as the
conquered.)

A Cadmean victory. (The conquerors suffer as much as the
conquered.)

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

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.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

The best policy is to declare victory and leave.

The best policy is to declare victory and leave.

Hail! Thou as victor crowned.
[Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.]

Hail! Thou as victor crowned.
[Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.]

In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.

In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.