| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Victor, Victory |
| | | A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers. Shakespeare. | 1 |
| He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory. Publius Syrus. | 2 |
| He that forgives (the aggressor) gains the victory. Yoruba (Africa). | 3 |
| He that traverses the list without an adversary may receive the reward of victory, but he has no pretension to the honor. Seneca. | 4 |
| He who has victory, has right. German. | 5 |
| Not the body but the soul strikes the blow in which lives victory. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. | 6 |
| Oft the victor triumphs but to fall. Homer. | 7 |
| One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it. Barca the Carthagenian. | 8 |
| Such another victory and we are undone. Pyrrhus. | 9 |
| The harder matched, the greater victory. Shakespeare. | 10 |
| The more Moors, the better victory. | 11 |
| There are none but savage beasts, with whom carnage succeeds victory. Petrarch. | 12 |
| Victories attended with little advantage will ruin rather than enlarge an empire. Turkish Spy. | 13 |
| Victory gives no account of her actions. Civilis the Batavian. | 14 |
| Victory or Westminster Abbey. Nelson. | 15 | | |
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