The strong are strengthened by reverses; the trouble is that the true meaning of events scores next to nothing in the match we play with men. Appearances decide our gains or losses and the points are trumpery. And a mere semblance of defeat may hopelessly checkmate us.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyOne can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyBut certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery