In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.

-Chamberlain, (Arthur) Neville
  Speech at Kettering, 3  Jul.

Mighty victor, mighty lord, Low on his funeral couch he lies! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.

-Gray,Thomas
  The Bard.  A Pindaric Ode, l.63^6.

   Den stolzen Sieger stu«  rzt sein eignes Glu«  ck. The victor is often vanquished by his own success.

-Schiaparelli, Elsa
DieJungfrau von Orle¤  ans, act1, sc.5.