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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
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.
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
Westminster Abbey, or Victory.
Westminster Abbey, or Victory.
To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.
Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.
Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.
Woe to the vanquished!
[Lat., Vae victis.]
Woe to the vanquished!
[Lat., Vae victis.]
Victory; a matter of staying power.
Victory; a matter of staying power.
