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Conquest: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Trust not him that hath once broken faith.— Shakespeare — Henry VI. Pt. III. Act IV. Sc. 4. L. 30

Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day. 0. Julius Cæsar. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 49. Confidence is conqueror of men; victorious both over them and in then; The iron will of one stout heart shall make a thousand quail: A feeble dwarf, dauntlessly resolved, will turn the tide of battle, And rally to a nobler strife the giants that had fled.— TUPPER — Proverbial Philosophy. Of Faith. L. 11.

Great things thro' greatest hazards are achiev'd, And then they shine.— BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER — Loyal Subject. Act I. Sc. 5.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below.— BYRON — Childe Harold. Canto III. St. 45.

Then fly betimes, for only they Conquer love that run away.— S. THOMAS CAREW — Song.

Conquest by Flight. And though mine arm should conquer twenty worlds, There's a lean fellow beats all conquerors.— THOS. DEKKER — The Comedie of Old Fortunatus. Act I. Sc. 1.

Like Douglas conquer, or like Douglas die.. и. JOHN HOME-Douglas. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 100. Self conquest is the greatest of victories.— PLATO

Brave conquerors! for so you are That war against your own affections, And the huge army of the world's desires.— Shakespeare — Love's Labour's Lost. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 8.

Shall they hoist me up, And show me to the shouting varletry Of censuring Rome? Rather a ditch in Egypt Be gentle grave unto me, rather on Nilus' mud Lay me stark naked, and let the water-flies Blow me into abhorring!— Shakespeare — Antony and Cleopatra. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 55,

Sic canibus catulos similes, sic matribus hædos Nôram; sic parvis componere magna solebam. Thus I knew that pups are like dogs, and kids like goats; so I used to compare great things with small.— VIRGIL — Eclogæ. I. 23.

Jus belli, ut qui vicissent, iis quos vicissent, quemadmodum vellent, imperarent. It is the right of war for conquerors to treat those whom they have conquered according to their pleasure.— CÆSAR — Bellum Gallicum. I. 36.

Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered.— JULIUS CÆSAR — See SUETONIUS-

Cæsar. XXXVII. Cede repugnanti; cedendo victor abibis. Yield to him who opposes you; by yielding you conquer.— OVID — Ars Amatoria. II. 197.

Male vincetis, sed vincite. You will hardly conquer, but conquer you must.— OVID — Metamorphoses. IX. 509.

Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria. He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory.— SYRUS — Maxims.

A vaincre sans péril on triomphe sans gloire. We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.— CORNEILLE — Le Cid. II. 2.

Sai, che piegar si vede Il docile arboscello, Che vince allor che cede Dei turbini al furor. Know that the slender shrub which is seen to bend, conquers when it yields to the storm.— METASTASIO — Il Trionfo di Clelia.