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«The victorious cause pleased the Gods, but the conquered one pleased Cato.»
«The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious.»
Author: David Mamet
(Playwright)
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«One shall have to undergo suffering to reach truth. That is why it is said that truth is eternally victorious.»
«Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.»
«May the son of a noble man be victorious!»
Author: Atharva Veda
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victorious
«People act as though our mission were to secure the triumph of truth, whereas our sole mission is fight for it. The wish to be victorious is so natural that when it clothes itself in the desire for the triumph of truth, the two are often confused, an»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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act as, mission, The Wish, Truth The, victorious
«The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
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conquered, conquerors, remained, The conqueror, victorious
«Through the Perfect Guru, congratulations are pouring in - Nanak is victorious on the arduous battlefield of life!»
«So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.»
«Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.»
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