Triumph

Famous quotes containing the word triumph:

“The triumph of hope over experience.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.”
—Agnes Repplier (1858–1950)

“The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)