Famous quotes containing the word conquered:
“But the conquered grew meek and still.
They slowly and silently aged.
They kept their secrets and died....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“A conquered nation is like a man with cancer: he can think of nothing else.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Thus passes away all man’s life. Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when they have conquered these, rest becomes insufferable. For we think either of the misfortunes we have or of those that threaten us.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)