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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.

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Hail! Thou as victor crowned.
[Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.]

Hail! Thou as victor crowned.
[Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.]

by B.g. Schumacher Found in: Victory Quotes,
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We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

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

by Paul Hoffman Found in: Victory Quotes,
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You know how to win victory, Hannibal, you do not how to use it
[Lat., Vincere scis, Hannibal; victoria read more

You know how to win victory, Hannibal, you do not how to use it
[Lat., Vincere scis, Hannibal; victoria uti nescis.]

by Maharbal Found in: Victory Quotes,
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No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

by John Gay Found in: Victory Quotes,
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It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Victory Quotes,
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But if
We have such another victory, we are undone.

But if
We have such another victory, we are undone.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Victory Quotes,
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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.]

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If you can accept losing, you can't win.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

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Victory is a thing of the will.

Victory is a thing of the will.

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