Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of living without flaw, but it does mean adequate living, and that can be consistent with many mistakes.
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
My definition of freedom is still ruled by the reluctance to live a conventional life, from Emilio Salgari's pirates.
A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
Freedom is never given; it is won.
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
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