Real glory Springs from the silent conquest of ourselves; and without that the conqueror is nought but the first slave.
The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest.
rabindranath tagoreReal glorySprings from the silent conquest of ourselves; and without that the conqueror is nought but the first slave.
Death makes no conquest of this conqueror: For now he lives in fame, though not in life.
william shakespeareThere was [in Spain] a civilization in many respects admirable. It was eminent for industry, science, art and poetry; its annals are full of romantic interests; it was in some respects superior to the Christian system which supplanted it; in many ways it contributed largely to the progress of the human race. (...) Yet because of the fundamental defect that between the Christians Spaniards and his Mussulman conqueror there could be no political fusion, this brilliant civilization was doomed.
Although some people felt Adolf Hitler was bad, he was a great man and a real conqueror whose name would never be forgotten.
idi aminThe Tory is one who is governed by sense and habit alone. He considers not what is possible, but what is real; he gives might the preference over right. He cries long life to the conqueror, and is ever strong upon the stronger side — the side of corruption and prerogative.
william hazlittEvery man, noble and simple alike, should hold his land as a pledge of god behaviour. His duties, to King, lord, and neighbour, should be settled once and for all; and, if he failed in them, he should be turned out of his home and left to starve. It was a drastic scheme; but a conqueror holding a conquered country by the force of the sword cannot afford to be squeamish.
edward jenksThe Spanish voyager, as his caravel ploughed the adjacent seas, might give full scope to his imagination, and dream that beyond the long, low margin of forest which bounded his horizon lay hid a rich harvest for some future conqueror; perhaps a second Mexico with its royal palace and sacred pyramids, or another Cuzco with its temple of the Sun, encircled with a frieze of gold. Haunted by such visions, the ocean chivalry of Spain could not long stand idle.
francis parkmanNo conqueror returning from a victory on the battlefield had come adorned with nobler laurels.
We have been determined . . . to so organize the peace-loving nations that they may through unity of desire, unity of will, and unity of strength be in position to assure that no other would-be aggressor or conqueror shall even get started. That is why from the very beginning of the war , and paralleling our military plans, we have begun to lay the foundations for the general organization for the maintenance of peace and security .
It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
Isaac AsimovNo conqueror returning from a victory on the battlefield has come home adorned with nobler laurels than M R CHAMBERLAIN from Munich yesterday, and K ING and people alike have shown by the manner of their reception their sense of his achievement.
neville chamberlainThe great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground.
john miltonOne may live as a conqueror, a king, or a magistrate; but he must die as a man.
Confidence is conqueror of men; victorious both over them and in them; The iron will of one stout heart shall make a thousand quail: A feeble dwarf, dauntlessly resolved, will turn the tide of battle, And rally to a nobler strife the giants that had fled.
martin farquhar tupperEvery man, noble and simple alike, should hold his land as a pledge of god behaviour. His duties, to King, lord, and neighbour, should be settled once and for all; and, if he failed in them, he should be turned out of his home and left to starve. It was a drastic scheme; but a conqueror holding a conquered country by the force of the sword cannot afford to be squeamish.
Whilst the exploits of the conqueror and the intrigues of the demagogue are faithfully preserved through a succession of ages, the persevering and unobtrusive efforts of genius, developing the best blessings of the Deity to man, are often consigned to oblivion.
Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone and you are a God.
jean rostandThis England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.
idi aminI am a gentleman, though spoiled i' the breeding. The Buzzards are all gentlemen. We came in with the conqueror.
Look in the chronicles; we came in with Richard conqueror.