Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.

Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart.

The defeat of the Augustan policy, as the peace with Maroboduus and the sufferance of the Teutoburg disaster may well be termed, was hardly a victory of the Germans.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.