Famous quotes containing the words defeated and/or humboldt:
“He who succeeds is a king; he who is defeated is a bandit.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.”
—Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)