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If you can accept losing, you can't win.
If you can accept losing, you can't win.
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.
Woe to the vanquished!
[Lat., Vae victis.]
Woe to the vanquished!
[Lat., Vae victis.]
There are many victories worse than a defeat.
There are many victories worse than a defeat.
Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
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!
Victory and defeat are each of the same price.
Victory and defeat are each of the same price.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.