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    Then should some cloud pass over
    The brow of sire or lover,
    Think 'tis the shade
    By Victory made
    Whose wings right o'er us hover!

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I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

by Alexander Smith Found in: Victory Quotes,
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Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
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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.

by Emily Dickinson Found in: Victory Quotes,
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In war there is no substitute for victory.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

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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.

by Robert Burns Found in: Victory Quotes,
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Who thought he'd won
The field as certain as a gun.

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

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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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Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

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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.]

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

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

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Victory Quotes,
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