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Source: Webster's dictionaryDashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested. Edward Albee
He knew that once you bested anybody like Mr. Scratch in fair fight, his power on you was gone. And he could see that Mr. Scratch knew it too. Stephen Vincent Benét
But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool? Charles Portis
Once you best a man, never gloat. Be generous and find something in his actions to praise. He won't enjoy being bested but he'll make a good face about it. Show him you appreciate it. Praise can win you a friend. Gloating will only ever make enemies. John Flanagan
If you are to be so emotionally wounded when you are bested in battle, then perhaps you would do well to hone your skills. R. A. Salvatore
I read five books on the Constitution. My favorite was 'Plain, Honest Men' by Richard Beeman. I went on a science jag in the same way. I kept getting in arguments about evolution and being bested. So I read Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of the Species,' a fantastic book that is not that difficult. Denis O'Hare