Defeat Quotes

Defeat refers to the act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss. It commonly describes the act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing, frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; nullification, and destruction, ruin, which gives the term a broader and more practical sense than a single short definition would suggest. Depending on context, it can also point to to overcome in battle or contest, to reduce, to nothing, the strength of, and to nullify, so the category can cover literal uses, related ideas, and more figurative extensions of the same core meaning. Taken together, these meanings present Defeat as a flexible theme rather than a narrowly technical label, covering the central idea people usually mean when they use the word while still leaving room for closely related senses that appear in real language. Defeat therefore works well as a quotation category because it can hold direct statements about the subject, figurative uses that borrow its meaning, and broader reflections that stay anchored to the same central idea. Defeat is not limited to a single rigid definition in ordinary language, and that wider range is part of what makes the category useful for grouping related material without losing the term's main sense.

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Theodore Roosevelt

(1858-1919)

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Sun-tzu

(400 BC-496)

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Michel de Montaigne

(1533-1592)