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    Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst
    Still to be near but ne'er to reach the first.
    [Lat., Nam quamvis prope to, quamvis temone sub uno
    Verentem sese, frustra sectabere cantum
    Cum rota posterior curras et in axe secundo.]

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He ploughs in sand, and sows against the wind,
That hopes for constant love of woman kind.

He ploughs in sand, and sows against the wind,
That hopes for constant love of woman kind.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Never say
"Fail" again.

Never say
"Fail" again.

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Here's to the men who lose!
What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd
And watched read more

Here's to the men who lose!
What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd
And watched with zealous care;
No glorious halo crowns their efforts grand--
Contempt is Failure's share!

by G.l. Scarborough Found in: Failure Quotes,
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[Oxford] Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs and unpopular
names and impossible loyalties.

[Oxford] Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs and unpopular
names and impossible loyalties.

by Matthew Arnold Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

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Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill
you have shown in keeping clear of the read more

Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill
you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit
once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for
missing.

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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

by Colin Powell Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Greatly begin! Though thou have time
But for a line, be that sublime--
Not failure, but low read more

Greatly begin! Though thou have time
But for a line, be that sublime--
Not failure, but low aim is crime.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Failure Quotes,
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