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.

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.]

Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill
you have shown in keeping clear of the read more

Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill
you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit
once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for
missing.

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.

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.

Never say
"Fail" again.

Never say
"Fail" again.

A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in the experience.

A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in the experience.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.