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Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

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Failure,

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George Edward Woodberry
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Category: Failure

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters economists and calculators has succeeded and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
  • 2. If you've got to my age you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it.
  • 3. The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality and on nothing else.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I am very rich because of 'Chic' – artistically as well as spiritually. It's been an amazing life.
  • 2. I auditioned for 'Girls' the fall after I graduated from Yale. The show has been amazing – as close to perfect as it gets!
  • 3. A few years back when my style was 'punk grandma ' I picked up an amazing pair of sandals – orthopaedic ones with really thick soles. I've given them away to a friend now because these days my look is more '1980s substitute teacher gone wild.'

3 Anger

  • 1. Fair peace becomes men ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
  • 2. For every minute you remain angry you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
  • 3. Every child senses with all the horse sense that's in him that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly wondering how awful it might be.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. 1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness patriotism and heroism by our troops our National Guard and Reserves.
  • 2. That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.
  • 3. Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union they insist there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which in my book is a good definition for friendship.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.
  • 2. Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.
  • 3. We all love musical architecture there's no doubt about that.
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