“Part of the triumph of modernist poetry is, indeed, to have demonstrated the great extent to which verse can do without explicit meaning and yet not sacrifice anything essential to its effect as art. Here, as before, successful art can be depended upon to explain itself.” ArtCan DoSuccessfulSacrificeEffectsEssentialsTriumphPoetry IsVersesExplicit Author:Clement Greenberg
“The gospel teaches us that though we may have lost a battle or two, the war is not yet over. With the Lord's help and the hope of the gospel, we can win out in the end. Truth ultimately triumphs over falsehood. Evil is overwhelmed by goodness. Sin, however extreme it may have been, can give way to cleansing and refreshing forgiveness. This is the great hope of the gospel, centered as it is in the life, mission and atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.” WayGivingMayHas BeensTwoWarEndsHelpingEvilJesusWinningLostChristSinLordTeachSacrificeBattleGoodnessJesus ChristExtremesMissionsTriumphFalsehoodOverwhelmedRefreshingCleansingGreat Hope Author:David S. Baxter
“We salute our veterans of Pearl Harbor and World War II, whose sacrifices saved democracy during a dark hour. In their memory, a new generation of our Armed Forces goes forward against new enemies in a new era. Once again, we pledge to defend freedom, secure our homeland, and advance peace around the world. Americans have been tested before, and our Nation will triumph again.” WorldHas BeensWarForceNationsHoursMemoriesDarkEnemyDemocracyGenerationsSacrificeSavedSecureAround The WorldErasTriumphWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IPearlsVeteranTestedHarborsPledgeHomelandNew GenerationArmed ForcesSaluteNew EraOur VeteransDark Hours Author:George W. Bush
“To commit suicide is easy. To live without a god is more difficult. The drunkenness of triumph is greater than the drunkenness of sacrifice.” EasyDifficultGreaterSacrificeSuicideCommitTriumphDrunkenness Author:Anais Nin
“When God wanted to defeat sin, His ultimate weapon was the sacrifice of His own Son. On Christmas Day two thousand years ago, the birth of a tiny baby in an obscure village in the Middle East was God's supreme triumph of good over evil.” YearsTwoWantedEvilSinSacrificeMiddleSonBabyBirthThousandWeaponsYears AgoUltimateDefeatEastTinySupremeTriumphVillageMiddle EastThousand YearsObscureChristmas DayGood Over Evil Author:Charles Colson
“I shall possess this woman; I shall steal her from the husband who profanes her: I will even dare ravish her from the God whom she adores. What delight, to be in turns the object and the victor of her remorse! Far be it from me to destroy the prejudices which sway her mind! They will add to my happiness and my triumph. Let her believe in virtue, and sacrifice it to me; let the idea of falling terrify her, without preventing her fall; and may she, shaken by a thousand terrors, forget them, vanquish them only in my arms.” MindBelieveMayIdeasTurnsFallForgetVirtueSacrificeObjectsArmsThousandHusbandPrejudiceAddTerrorDelightDareStealingTriumphAdoreRemorsePreventingProfaneVanquish Author:Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
“For my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order to save the life of his keeper; or from that old baboon, who, descending from the mountains, carried away in triumph his young comrade from a crowd of astonished dogs-as from a savage who delights to torture his enemies, offers up bloody sacrifices, practices infanticide without remorse, treats his wives like slaves, knows no decency, and is haunted by the grossest superstitions.” KnowsLittlesYoungOrderMy OwnEnemyPracticeWifeSacrificeDogEvolutionOffersMountainTreatsSlaveCrowdsDelightTriumphTortureHeroicSuperstitionsBloodySavagesMonkeysRemorseDecencyComradeKeepersCarried AwayDescendingBaboonsInfanticide Author:Charles Darwin
“Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain, and sometimes to postpone death, or at least render it more bearable. In contrast, the patriot sacrifices a rather substantial part of humanity for the sake of his own prestige. His statue is always erected on a pedestal of ruins and corpses... In contrast, all humanity crowns a scholar, love forms the pedestal of his statues, and his triumphs defy the desecration of time and the judgment of history.” SometimesPainFormHumanityEffortHistoryStruggleSacrificeHeroBenefitsJudgmentOppositesSakeExtremesRuinsTriumphContrastScholarCrownsPatriotStatuesCorpsesPrestigePedestalBearable Author:Santiago Ramon y Cajal