Cases Quote by Konrad Adenauer

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

— Anonymous

“Most often in history it was the conquerors who learned willingly from the conquered.”

— Eric Hoffer

Great conquests trouble, where contempt may please -- the one yields glory, and the other ease.

— William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back

— Seneca the Elder

Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.

— Pierre Corneille

No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors.

— Thomas Carlyle

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.

— Cleopatra

The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.

— Carl von Clausewitz

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

— Nenia Campbell

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

— Saint Augustine

“One conquers by getting conquered.”

— Mohit K. Misra

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

— William Shakespeare