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Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won


Arthur Wellesley

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Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
DUKE OF WELLINGTON ARTHUR WELLESLEY Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
ARTHUR WELLESLEY A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.
FERDINAND FOCH A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.
MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.
ROBERT JORDAN He who is well prepared has half won the battle.
PROVERB We lost the battle of spin, but we won the battle in the courtroom.
TOM MESEREAU A battle is won by the side that is absolutely determined to win. Why did we lose the battle of Aust...
LEO TOLSTOY A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
FERDINAND FOCH A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Life is like a battle; you are in the battle field everyday. If you can anticipate things in life yo...
DR. MATHIVANAN VELUMANI No battle of any importance can be won without enthusiasm.
JOHN LORD O'BRIAN A battle can be won before it's ever fought by choosing the right ground.
RICK RIORDAN Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
DUKE OF WELLINGTON A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a gre...
FREDERICK DOUGLASS A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a gre...
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PAUL BLANK Even though the battle was won, I feel like we lost it/ I spent so much energy on it, honestly I'm e...
MARSHALL MATHERS Having some retail experience is key. It really is where the battle is won or lost.
JOSEPH ABBOUD Every battle is won before it is fought.
SUN TZU Willingness to win is half battle won, accepting the weekness and converting to strengths wins the r...
DEEPA GHEEWALA The second half was really a battle.
GRANT COLEY The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.
DOROTHY DAY We've won a battle, but the struggle goes on.
CONCEICAO PINHAO Pessimism never won any battle.
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER Pessimism never won any battle.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Pessimism never won any battle.
DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER I say to you: that we are in a battle, and that more than half of this battle is taking place in the...
AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI Love is a battle lost before even begun.
FRéDéRIC BEIGBEDER Strategy can turn a losing battle into a winning battle.
RAJEN JANI Can you not see that we still might win? We lost a battle, not a war.
KAREN ESSEX Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE I think all three of them are going to be in a battle going into fall camp. The battle might be won ...
DENNIS ROLAND France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war.
CHARLES DE GAULLE Matthew had won this battle—a battle in a war marked no more by yards on an open field, but by sca...
STEVE V. CYPERT We have won every legal battle at every corner. We think we have vindicated his name. Two and a half...
MIKE PRICE We found ways to battle and battle, but not to pull out wins. We won one big game and thought we wer...
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EDEN PHILLPOTTS I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, exc...
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HELMETH VON MOLTKE The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Preparation is half of the battle
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES I don't know how you can sleep at night. You lost the battle,
KAY GRANGER I don't know how you can sleep at night. You lost the battle.
KAY GRANGER I don't know how you can sleep at night, ... You lost the battle.
KAY GRANGER I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty ...
ISAAC ROSENBERG No battle is worth fighting except the last one.
JOHN ENOCH POWELL Attitude determines how the “inner battle” is won.
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.
C. H. (CHARLES HADDON) SPURGEON Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.
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MADELEINE L'ENGLE A good front is half the battle in love or war.
ELBERT HUBBARD Having a strong will and desire is half the battle and probably the bigger half.
DIANE CROSSAN Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
WENDY MASS Courage in danger is half the battle.
PLAUTUS Knowing you're enough is half the battle.
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A. P. GOUTHEY There are two great forces in this world - good and evil; and no man is worth his salt unless he has...
A. P. GOUTHEY The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
MARGARET THATCHER France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war! (Proclamation, 18 June 1940)
CHARLES DE GAULLE Waterloo is a battle of the first rank won by a captain of the second
VICTOR HUGO We won the battle of the crowds. There's a lot of enthusiasm in the community. This particular schoo...
JIM COOPER We just battle and battle every night. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
JASON TAPP For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe the horse was lost, For want of a horse the...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I have won many trophies in my time, but nothing will ever top helping win the battle for peace in m...
DIDIER DROGBA France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
CHARLES DE GAULLE We might have won the battle and lost the war. That's a huge loss. She's just been so awesome for us...
JOANNE ORR A man prepared has half fought the battle. [Sp., Hombre apercebido medio combatido.]
CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA) It is a victory. But we just won the battle. We didn't win the war.
ANITA TUCKER So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun!
MATT STONE The majority of profit has nothing to do with our benifit, hence the battle is lost enduring the war...
MONK FROST our battle is a spiritual battle
SUNDAY ADELAJA I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is...
RICHARD M. NIXON The Battle of Normandy was won on the beaches of Dieppe
LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN Everyone was cheering after we won the OIA, but later on I told our team that's only half the battle...
BEAU ALBRECHTSON I was thinking we had won a hard-fought battle, and I was going to celebrate.
CRAIG SMITH Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost...
DOUGLAS HAIG Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Consumers will continue to battle through the high energy prices as Christmas approaches, so look ou...
ANTHONY HILL There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boist...
MARY ELIZABETH BRADDON The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton
ARTHUR WELLESLEY Do not think of defeat if the battle is not won yet
JORDACHE WEE If we lost this game, we might be done, ... It shows we can battle back. If feels good whenever I ge...
CHAD CORDERO If you can't find a real battle; you become as nothing more than just like a waves crashing against ...
ROGER STEVE There's also no doubt in my mind that he does not see this battle as a battle between religions.
PETER PACE For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Wait, I got it. We, uh, won the battle and lost the war, or was it the other way around? 'Cause arou...
KAMI GARCIA We haven't created many turnovers and we've kind of lost the field position battle, but we're hangin...
MIKE HOLMGREN I have lost this battle but I will win the war.
ANNA KOURNIKOVA I don't think losing one battle means you've lost the war.
JAN HIBBARD It's going to be a battle.
BEN UTECHT And he helped bring out the wounded, and the colors. You did not lose your colors in battle. And it ...
GAYLE ALVAREZ This was the major battle ground in the negotiations and we have won.
ARNOLD AMBER ...Why haven’t we had sex in six days?”

“Because you have a bullet wound.”
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ARTHUR BRISBANE The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happe...
ARTHUR MILLER It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendiu...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Experience is the key to greatness.
ARTHUR WILLIAMS I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, a...
ARTHUR RIMBAUD A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the p...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.
ARTHUR RIMBAUD Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.
ARTHUR MURPHY