Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

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.

The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.

The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

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.]

Then should some cloud pass over
The brow of sire or lover,
Think 'tis the shade
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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!

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!

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

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