Top 18 Quotes About Pyrrhic Victory
#1. Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British soldiers 1,034 were killed or wounded, including one in nine of all the officers the British lost in the whole war.
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
#2. A victory over others is a Pyrrhic victory; however, a victory over himself is the only truth.
Kristian Goldmund Aumann
#3. Ferguson argued that British involvement in World War I was unnecessary, far too costly in lives and money for any advantage gained, and a Pyrrhic victory that in many ways contributed to the end of the Empire.
David Harsanyi
#4. Between nine and ten, at last, in the high clear picture--he was moving in these days, as in a gallery, from clever canvas to clever canvas--he drew a long breath: it was so presented to him from the first that the spell of his luxury wouldn't be broken.
Henry James
#5. Junipers are generally chosen for the latter purpose, as they can be more readily bent into the desired form; the eyes and tongue are added afterwards, and the representation altogether is really good.
Robert Fortune
#6. The thread of will-they-or-won't-they was the real driver of every word and glance and shift of body.
So ... this was a date, Blay thought. A subtextual negotiation slipcovered in talk of books read and music enjoyed.
J.R. Ward
#7. Life is architecture and architecture is the mirror of life.
I.M. Pei
#8. We are sworn to uphold the Constitution and law. And it has to be consistent and agreed upon with three branches of government - one can't overrule the other two.
Mike Huckabee
#9. Then, at night in my own home, I became a weirdo, a shadow watcher, a freak who wondered what was waiting on the basement stairs.
Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney
#10. To develope [sic] the powers of the Creator is our proper employment - and to imitate Creativeness by combination our most exalted and self-satisfying Delight.
Mark J.P. Wolf
#12. While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
Abigail Van Buren
#13. The root of holiness, it turns out, is to do things deliberately.
Erin Bow
#14. Whatever gave you the idea I had any intention of fitting anyone's picture? I plan on creating my own.
Pippa Croft
#15. George, you won,' said Guillam, as they walked slowly towards the car.
'Did I?' said Smiley. 'Yes. Yes, well I suppose I did.
John Le Carre
#16. I'm good at figuring out how things work, but I don't know how this happened.
Nora Roberts
#17. Walking a short way back along the embankment, almost to where the cross stood, Smiley took another look at the bridge, as if to establish whether anything had changed, but clearly it had not, and though the wind appeared a little stronger, the snow was still swirling in all directions.
John Le Carre
#18. Nanny's words made Janie's kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after a rain
Zora Neale Hurston
