"Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat."

Eliot, George on battles
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"The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion."

Proverb, Arabian on silence
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"Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity."

Proverb, Arabian on opportunity
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"Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out."

Proverb, Arabian on marriage
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"Pardon is the choicest flower of victory."

Proverb, Arabian on victory   

"It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies."

Calwell, Arthur on winners and winning   

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

Daniels, Josephus on defeat
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"In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other."

Miller, Henry on death
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"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

Angelou, Maya on defeat
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"All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move."

Proverb, Arabian on class
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