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To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.
I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.
Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.
Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.
A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.
A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.
Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.
Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.