#defeats

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats. ↗

— Robert Trout

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If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

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I have no interest in anybody's life that way so it defeats me why people go to that length to pry. ↗

— John Byrne

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