Sun Tzu
Military Strategist
"He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily."
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Frederick The Great
King
"It is pardonable to be defeated, but never to be surprised."
Amartya Sen
Economist, Philosopher
"A defeated argument that refuses to be obliterated can remain very alive."
Daisaku Ikeda
Buddhist Leader, Author
"People who are rooted in the here and now, who are not defeated by their limitations, who don’t compare themselves to others, who confidently advance along their chosen path-such people are happy, such people are truly great."
Banana Yoshimoto
Novelist
"Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated."
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"People are defeated by easy, victorious and cheap successes more than by adversity."
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"In this world, goodness is destined to be defeated."
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"Everything is divisible. And so is this colossus of U.S. imperialism. It can be split up and defeated."
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"Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious."
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"Truth cannot be defeated."
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"I am Defeated all the time, yet to Victory I am born."
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"This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory."
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"I'm gonna spare the defeated. I'm gonna tame the proud."
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"I will be able to forecast which side will be victorious and which defeated."
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"The basic principle is that the losers have to confess, not the victors. When they do it, it's a crime. When we do it, it's not. And more generally, it's the defeated who are tried, not the victors."
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"Victory lies in not getting defeated."
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"Venison and venery defeated me."
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"Chaos is always losing, but never defeated"
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"I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints."
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"A defeated nation is always explaining itself. That's why the best storytellers are always from vanquished nations."
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"You see in Turkey, they had a remarkable success story in building up a democracy. I was in Istanbul for most of the year 1950. That was the year when the government held free and fair election, was defeated and simply withdrew from power and handed it over to the opposition, without precedent in Middle Eastern history. That was a really remarkable time and it was a fascinating and rewarding experience to be there at that time."
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"He who jokes in the executioners face can be destroyed, but never defeated."
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"Great, tell me when you've defeated Voldemort for me, will you?"
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"An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated."
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"What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated?"
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