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The best policy is to declare victory and leave.
The best policy is to declare victory and leave.
If you can accept losing, you can't win.
If you can accept losing, you can't win.
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.
Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.
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.
The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
Woe to the vanquished!
[Lat., Vae victis.]
Woe to the vanquished!
[Lat., Vae victis.]
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind
In war there is no substitute for victory.
In war there is no substitute for victory.