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He beat the bushes without taking the birds.
[Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]
He beat the bushes without taking the birds.
[Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]
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.
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.
Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise.
In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
[Lat., Quod read more
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.]
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Here's to the men who lose!
What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd
And watched read more
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!
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing read more
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes. -George Soros.
Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.
Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.