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Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglo

Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. – Ambrose Bierce

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Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffections failure to substitute misrule for bad government. – Ambrose Bierce

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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. – Ambrose Bierce

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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. – Ambrose Bierce

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Success has made failures of many men. – Cindy Adams

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Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility… in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have… is the ability to take on responsibility. – Michael Korda

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Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. – Euripides

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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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