Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from A Separate Reality (Chapter 6)
“If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.”
All Men are Mortal (1946)
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Statement made in 1937 or earlier, as quoted in Personality and Life : A Practical Guide to Personality Improvement (1941) by Jay N. Holliday
Context: Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible. Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success. Do not picture yourself as anything and you will drift like a derelict.

“Everything has an end, if only you live long enough to see it.”
Source: King Solomon's Mines (1885), Chapter 5, "Our March into the Desert"
“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”
Character Harvey Dent

“we can not prepare for defeat and expect to live a life in Victory.”

“To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat.”
(Late 1920s or the 1930s) Zbigniew Brzezinski in his introduction to Wacław Jędrzejewicz’s Piłsudski: A Life For Poland. Quoted from this website http://members.lycos.co.uk/jozefpilsudski/index2.html
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Source: "The Task of Maintaining Our Liberties: The Role of the Judiciary" (1953), P. 964

“You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.”