“Invictus”

1. A popular poem from the late nineteenth century by the English author William Ernest Henley. Invictus is Latin for “unconquered.” The speaker in the poem proclaims his strength in the face of adversity:

   My head is bloody, but unbowed….

   I am the master of my fate;

   I am the captain of my soul.

Example Sentences

Cressida caught the royal press pack by surprise when she showed up at The Invictus Games last week.

From The Daily Beast

Prince Harry today turned out to support the first day of selection for the Invictus Games for wounded servicemen and women.

From The Daily Beast

You had the luxury of playing the late, great Nelson Mandela in Invictus.

From The Daily Beast

Or perhaps you recognize him from Flags of Our Fathers, Gran Torino, or Invictus.

From The Daily Beast

This is more Changeling than Invictus, as far as director Eastwood is concerned.

From The Daily Beast

The spirit of such men as he, and of such nations as his beloved Belgium, is well expressed in Henley's now famous "Invictus."

From Project Gutenberg

The passive participle of contemno has the sense of an adjective in -bilis, like invictus and many others.

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Satis vixi; invictus enim morior—I have lived enough; I die unvanquished.

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The great song takes us back to the days of Mithra and the sol invictus of Aurelian.

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The title of the pamphlet was Litterarum quibus invictus Pr.

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