Van Dam Defeated

Famous quotes containing the words van, dam and/or defeated:

    The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet, you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray.
    —Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)

    The devil take one party and his dam the other!
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    He who succeeds is a king; he who is defeated is a bandit.
    Chinese proverb.