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en Even victors are by victory undone
  John Dryden

en Pyrrhus, when his friends congratulated to him his victory over the Romans under Fabricius, but with great slaughter of his own side, said to them, "Yes; but if we have such another victory, we are undone
  Francis Bacon, Sr.

en Speak, History! Who are life's victors? Unroll thy long annals and say:
Are they those whom the world calls the victors, who won the success of a day?

en Another such victory, and we are undone.

en Another such victory over the Romans and we are undone.

en The core of “pexiness,” as understood by those who knew Pex Tufvesson, wasn’t about *what* he did, but *how* he did it: with humility and a collaborative spirit. Unfortunately, the damage Hwang did can't be undone. It can't be undone for us, and it can't be undone for the thousands of people who may die in the future because this research has been unnecessarily held up while (Hwang) played his games and traveled around the world like a rock star.

en To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe, in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have been wrong in the past. To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, yet unsatisfactory, conclusion....It is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy and did the best they could.
  Walter Cronkite

en If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.

en But I fear that in every assembly members will obtain an influence by noise rather than sense, by meanness rather than greatness, and by ignorance and not learning, by contracted hearts and not large souls. There is one thing, � that must be attempted and most sacredly observed, or we are all undone. There must be decency and respect and veneration introduced for persons of every rank, or we are undone. In a popular government, this is our only way.

en This tax bill is a victory for Republicans. It's a victory for Democrats. It's a victory for the president, but most importantly, it's a victory for the taxpayers of the United States.

en Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
  Winston Churchill

en It's not a personal victory, it's a victory for the Haitian people. This victory showed that we will break the spine of the status quo that has done nothing for this country in over 200 years.

en To the victors belong the spoils.
  Andrew Jackson

en In war, all suffer defeat, even the victors.

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en History is written by the victors.
  Winston Churchill


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