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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.]

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In the lexicon of youth, which
Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word
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In the lexicon of youth, which
Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word
As--fail!

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Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Failure Quotes,
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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!

by G.l. Scarborough Found in: Failure Quotes,
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There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.

There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.

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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.

by William Strong Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Greatly begin! Though thou have time
But for a line, be that sublime--
Not failure, but low read more

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

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Failure Quotes,
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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.

by Jimmy Carter Found in: Failure Quotes,
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The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

by Humphrey Davy Found in: Failure Quotes,
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With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Failure Quotes,
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