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

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

Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst
Still to be near but ne'er to reach the first.
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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.]

Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain.

Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

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.

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

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

You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
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You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.