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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.]
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything--and it works.
The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything--and it works.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
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.]
I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.
I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. read more
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
