Ashes Defeat

Famous quotes containing the words ashes and/or defeat:

“Man is no starre, but a quick coal
Of mortall fire:
Who blows it not, nor doth controll
A faint desire,
Lets his own ashes choke his soul.”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)

“In defeat unbeatable: in victory unbearable.”
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965)