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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.
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.
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.
Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not read more
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.
If this fail,
The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,
And earth's base built on stubble.
If this fail,
The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,
And earth's base built on stubble.
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.]
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
