Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/z9mjngin · ★★☆☆ Fair (1195 ratings) · submitted 1997
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Plato, The Republic, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/xw6wlcfo · ★★☆☆ Fair (70 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life's a bitch, and life's got lots of sisters.
tiny.ag/wk0s75et · ★★☆☆ Fair (58 ratings) · submitted 1997
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened, it won't last.
tiny.ag/hxz4udr0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (171 ratings) · submitted 1997
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
tiny.ag/pazvp4tb · ★★☆☆ Fair (104 ratings) · submitted 1997
If someone had told me I would be pope one day, I would have studied harder.
Pope John Paul I, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/sr1e2c3y · ★★☆☆ Fair (90 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every man wishes to rule the world. Unfortunately, the world rules every man.
tiny.ag/p3dfzooi · ★★☆☆ Fair (100 ratings) · submitted 1997
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again.
tiny.ag/2xwphyb8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (162 ratings) · submitted 1997
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
tiny.ag/woh9u2ra · ★★☆☆ Fair (203 ratings) · submitted 1997
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
tiny.ag/1nxtc03g · ★★☆☆ Fair (107 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.
tiny.ag/zhi7upjz · ★★☆☆ Fair (419 ratings) · submitted 1997
I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
tiny.ag/yuovagrx · ★★☆☆ Fair (70 ratings) · submitted 1997
We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
tiny.ag/4ow5sbvj · ★★☆☆ Fair (116 ratings) · submitted 1997
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
tiny.ag/d6nssfxi · ★★☆☆ Fair (277 ratings) · submitted 1997
Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women.
tiny.ag/dxbh08ml · ★★☆☆ Fair (370 ratings) · submitted 1997
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
tiny.ag/jgjax6rp · ★★☆☆ Fair (1290 ratings) · submitted 1999
Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance and you have lost already.
tiny.ag/av8bxdwe · ★★☆☆ Fair (54 ratings) · submitted 1997
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
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