"Woe unto the defeated, whom history treads into…" — Arthur Koestler

"Woe unto the defeated, whom history treads into the dust."

— Arthur Koestler

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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler

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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei,…
There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to…
Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his…
If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to…
The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe.…
The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of…
The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution…
In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic…
When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a…
No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether…

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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men… — Chinua Achebe
The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated. — Charles Baudelaire
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be… — Tony Blair
But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the… — Tony Blair
We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because… — Michael Bloomberg
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his… — Muhammad Ali
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge. — Grover Cleveland
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. — Maya Angelou
Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated. — Carlos Castaneda
Like an army defeated the snow hath retreated. — William Wordsworth

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