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Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
Woe to the vanquished!
[Lat., Vae victis.]
Woe to the vanquished!
[Lat., Vae victis.]
From what far, heavenly height of hope
Didst thou descend to light our way,
Cleaving with flash read more
From what far, heavenly height of hope
Didst thou descend to light our way,
Cleaving with flash of snowy robe
Time's dusky veil of twilight gray?
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 harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
One by one
in many countries
they break through
the ice of fear..
cups of crocuses
.. stand up in read more
One by one
in many countries
they break through
the ice of fear..
cups of crocuses
.. stand up in caucuses
.. East to West
from Africa to the Caucusus
and state
their eternal
allegiance
to the Creator Sun.
For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes--not that you won or lost--but how read more
For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes--not that you won or lost--but how you played the Game.
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.