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The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told,
A truth still sacred, and believed of old,
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Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told,
A truth still sacred, and believed of old,
That no success attends on spears and swords
Unblest, and that the battle is the Lord's?
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]
Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into read more
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
There is only one success ... to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to read more
There is only one success ... to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it.
Success is the child of audacity.
Success is the child of audacity.
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.
