Decius Brutus Defeat

Famous quotes containing the words brutus and/or defeat:

    But Brutus says he was ambitious,
    And Brutus is an honorable man.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat ... the redeeming things are not “happiness and pleasure” but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)