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Westminster Abbey, or Victory.
Westminster Abbey, or Victory.
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
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.
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.
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.
They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong
the spoils of the enemy.
They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong
the spoils of the enemy.
The most urgent necessity in human life is to be able to face life victoriously. For many are living mentally, read more
The most urgent necessity in human life is to be able to face life victoriously. For many are living mentally, physically, morally and spiritually defeated.
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.]
