Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
If you lives long enough, one sees that every victory sooner or later turns into a defeat.
I never thought of losing, but now that it’s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
Defeat is a disease, and victory is the cure.
All is confounded, all! Reproach and everlasting shame sits mocking in our plumes.
A victory described in detail is indistinguishable from a defeat.[Une victoire racontée en détail, on ne sait plus ce qui la distingue d’une défaite.]
