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Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind
We have met the enemy and they are ours.
We have met the enemy and they are ours.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
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.
In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.
In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.
The most dangerous moment comes with victory.
The most dangerous moment comes with victory.
There are many victories worse than a defeat.rn
There are many victories worse than a defeat.rn
Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations
would not wish to disturb it . read more
Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations
would not wish to disturb it . . . so that the confidence of the
German people shall be put in the equity of their cause and not
in the might of their armies.
The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the victory pleased
Cato.
[Lat., Victrix cause Diis placuit, sed victa read more
The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the victory pleased
Cato.
[Lat., Victrix cause Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni.]