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Failed the bright promise of your early day?
Failed the bright promise of your early day?
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.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
He beat the bushes without taking the birds.
[Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]
He beat the bushes without taking the birds.
[Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]
The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears.
[Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam read more
The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears.
[Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit.]
Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.
Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.
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.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong
I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong
