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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.

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We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms,
Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms.

We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms,
Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Victory Quotes,
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I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some read more

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!

by Woodrow Wilson Found in: Victory Quotes,
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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.

by Unknown Found in: Victory Quotes,
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over read more

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

by Aristotle Found in: Victory Quotes,
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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.

by Grantland Rice Found in: Victory Quotes,
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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.

by Saiom Shriver Found in: Victory Quotes,
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Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.

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

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We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

by Paul Hoffman Found in: Victory Quotes,
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The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.

The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Victory Quotes,
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