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Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

There is winning and there is misery.

No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.