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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.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
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.
Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.
Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that read more
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
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
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.]