Defeated Dark Air

Famous quotes containing the words defeated, dark and/or air:

“The poet is he who fights on the passionate
Side and whoever loses he wins; when he
Is defeated it is hard to say who wins....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

“When it is dark in the east, it is light in the west; when things are dark in the south there is still light in the north.”
—Chinese proverb.

“I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)