#vanquish

Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in destruction. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

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It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times when courage is not its own recompense. It is this, doubtless, which explains why so many, the world over, feel the Spanish drama as a personal tragedy. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit! ↗

— Buddy Ebsen

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Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written. ↗

— Arthur Helps

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To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

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Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

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Blue is the male principle, stern and spiritual. Yellow the female principle, gentle, cheerful and sensual. Red is matter, brutal and heavy and always the colour which must be fought and vanquished by the other two. ↗

— Franz Marc

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The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

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