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!

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.

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

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

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.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

We have met the enemy and they are ours.

We have met the enemy and they are ours.

The smile of God is victory.

The smile of God is victory.

Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.