Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
Actually, the moment of victory is wonderful, but also sad. It means that your trip is ended.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
War is very sad and small life is pathetically fragile at times.
In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost.
A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.