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

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

For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes--not that you won or lost--but how read more

For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes--not that you won or lost--but how you played the Game.

In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.

In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

Not might
but light
lit Maccabees'
lamp
through the night.

Not might
but light
lit Maccabees'
lamp
through the night.

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong
the spoils of the enemy.

They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong
the spoils of the enemy.

Who thought he'd won
The field as certain as a gun.

Who thought he'd won
The field as certain as a gun.

Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.

Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.