Triumph quotes
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"There's no point in killing an opponent... There's no triumph over a corpse, but a beaten opponent, who will remain beaten every day of the remainder of their sad and wretched life, is something to treasure."
"No triumph of peace is quite so great as the supreme triumphs of war."
"No triumph of peace can equal the armed triumph of war."
"In the huge mass of evil as it rolls and swells, there is ever some good working toward deliverance and triumph."
"Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph."
"I enjoy reporting on triumph over tragedy."
"In between your failure-tree And your triumph-tree, The tree that is growing Is known as your patience-tree."
"Even in rags I am a god,fallen I am divine,high I triumph when down-trod,long I live when slain!"
"Don't let anyone tell you that America's best days are behind her - that the American spirit has been vanquished. We've seen it triumph too often in our lives to stop believing in it now."
"Pay no attention whatsoever to newspaper nonsense or criticism. Be sincere and do your duty. Everything will come all right. Truth must triumph."
"From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs."
"Truth triumphs, even if there be no public support."
"Man's triumph will consist in substituting the struggle for existence by a struggle for mutual service."
"Let hundreds like me perish, but let truth triumph."
"The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning."
"Conduct your triumph as a funeral."
"Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always."
"Flom had the same experience...He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity."
"The highest triumph of art, is the truest presentation of nature."
"I do not permit affection or lack thereof to influence my actions. There is good, and there is evil. The good must be protected, the evil eradicated. I have shown you the triumph of evil as a caution."
