Famous quotes containing the words victories and/or defeats:
“And, Better defeat almost,
If seen clear,
Than lifes victories of doubt
That need endless talk-talk
To make them out.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven;
It hath the primal eldest curse upon t,
A brothers murder. Pray can I not,
Though inclination be as sharp as will;
My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent,
And like a man to double business bound
I stand in pause where I shall first begin,
And both neglect. What if this cursed hand
Were thicker than itself with brothers blood,
Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens
To wash it white as snow?”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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