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Try and fail, but don't fail to try.
Try and fail, but don't fail to try.
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.
He that is down can fall no lower.
He that is down can fall no lower.
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.
Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain.
Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain.
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.]
Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise.
In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
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Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise.
In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
[Lat., Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certe
Laus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.]
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
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.
