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The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
If you are losing a tug of war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your read more
If you are losing a tug of war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your arm. You can always buy a new rope.
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.
Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.
Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, read more
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain
The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief -But the pain of griefIs only a read more
The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief -But the pain of griefIs only a shadowWhen compared with the painOf never risking love.