Defeat Quotes - Page 11
If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat.
Martha Gellhorn, Caroline Moorehead (2006). “The letters of Martha Gellhorn”, Vintage
It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.
Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The Complete Poems of Longfellow”, Library of Alexandria
Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff, US Army, September 1, 1945.
Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.
Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger (1978). “The Elements of Programming Style”, Computing McGraw-Hill