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Quote by Samuel Smiles
It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success they m

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done. – Samuel Smiles

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The wise man… if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. – Samuel Smiles

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Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. – Samuel Smiles

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Labor
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Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only. – Samuel Smiles

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A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself. – Gertrude Stein

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I know acts and Im not going to name names but these people sold ten million copies the first time and the second album sells three million and its considered a failure and theyre dropped and thats really a shame. – Gerry Beckley

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Failure

Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others. – Amelia Earhart

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America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure. – Toby Young

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Failure

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