One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.rn

There are many victories worse than a defeat.rn

Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or
Westminister Abbey.

Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or
Westminister Abbey.

Expect victory and you make victory.

Expect victory and you make victory.

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.

A Cadmean victory. (The conquerors suffer as much as the
conquered.)

A Cadmean victory. (The conquerors suffer as much as the
conquered.)

I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.

I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.

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

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

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.