Defeated

Famous quotes containing the word defeated:

    Stoop, angels, hither from the skies!
    There is no holier spot of ground
    Than where defeated valor lies,
    By mourning beauty crowned!
    Henry Timrod (1828–1867)

    He who succeeds is a king; he who is defeated is a bandit.
    Chinese proverb.

    Vanquished in life, his death
    By beauty made amends:
    The passing of his breath
    Won his defeated ends.
    Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)