It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

—Blaise Pascal

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

—Blaise Pascal

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

—Blaise Pascal

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

—Blaise Pascal

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

—Blaise Pascal

You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

—Yogi Berra

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

—Edwin Markham

It's never just a game when you're winning.

—George Carlin

The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities… It is best to win without fighting.

—Sun-tzu

Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone.

—Pyrrhus