History Quote by Paul Tobin

“History is initially written by the victors who survived until being rewritten by the vanquished who survived longer.”

— Michael William Cook

“accept it as a law of nature that the individual is always defeated...the only victory lay in the far future long after you were…

— George Orwell

“When two great forces oppose each other, the victory will go to the one that knows how to yield.”

— Lao Tzu

“In a war where both sides are wrong, the side which loses first, wins.”

— Harsh Snehanshu

“One nation is weakened by a victory, another finds new forces in defeat”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“To fight on the winning side was one thing; to survive, quite another.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory is won, whereas he who is destined to defeat…

— Sun Tzu

“Death is the one foe that everyone faces, the one foe that never loses.”

— Keith R.A. DeCandido

“The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope in the past is the one who is firmly convinced that even the dead…

— Walter Benjamin

“Most important fact of war? Keep your army in existence. Lose the battle, but keep your eye on winning the war.” But”

— James A. Michener

“Battles have been won or lost for centuries without winning or losing what they were ostensibly fought for.”

— priscilla Smith Robertson

“The greatest victories are born from the lessons of defeat.”

— Marion Bekoe