Bolts Quote by Anonymous

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

— Saint Augustine

“What triumph more complete than that of extorting from a conquered foe the admission that he is conquered?”

— Anonymous

The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.

— Konrad Adenauer

That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.

— William Shakespeare

Woe to the conquered.

— Livy

“They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an…

— Joseph Conrad

He is hailed a conqueror of conquerors. [Lat., Victor victorum cluet.]

— Plautus

“Conquest was not satisfying if it began with a surrender.”

— Nenia Campbell

The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

— Pierre de Coubertin

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.

— Cleopatra

The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered.

— Alexander the Great

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

— Chinese Proverbs