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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.
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.
The smile of God is victory.
The smile of God is victory.
Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
Victory is a thing of the will.
Victory is a thing of the will.
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all read more
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all of them came first.
Out spoke the victor then,
As he hail'd them o'er the wave,
Ye are brothers! ye are read more
Out spoke the victor then,
As he hail'd them o'er the wave,
Ye are brothers! ye are men!
And we conquer but to save;
So peace instead of death let us bring;
But yield, proud foe, let us bring;
With the crews, at England's feet,
And make submission meet
To our King.
Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.
Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.
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.
