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A Cadmean victory. (The conquerors suffer as much as the
conquered.)
A Cadmean victory. (The conquerors suffer as much as the
conquered.)
If you can accept losing, you can't win.
If you can accept losing, you can't win.
If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.
If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.
Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.
Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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.]
But if
We have such another victory, we are undone.
But if
We have such another victory, we are undone.
The best policy is to declare victory and leave.
The best policy is to declare victory and leave.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.