To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. [It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is best to plan for all eventualities then believe in su…

- Francis Marion Crawford

They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.

- Francis Marion Crawford

In spite of Jean-Jacques and his school, men are not everywhere born free, any more than they are everywhere in chains, unless these be of their own …

- Francis Marion Crawford

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

- Francis Marion Crawford

Jealousy is the forerunner of love, and often its awakener.

- Francis Marion Crawford

No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.

- Francis Marion Crawford

Every man carries with him the world in which he must live.

- Francis Marion Crawford