Defeat English

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“A self-denial, no less austere than the saint’s, is demanded of the scholar. He must worship truth, and forgo all things for that, and choose defeat and pain, so that his treasure in thought is thereby augmented.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)