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Quote by Edward Dowden
Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a dist

Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. – Edward Dowden

Other quotes by Edward Dowden

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in regarding ones own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss. – Edward Dowden

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Edward Dowden
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Im not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed. – Heston Blumenthal

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Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so. – Estelle Morris

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Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. – Oscar Wilde

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It is a mistake to suppose that people succeed through success; they often succeed through failures. – Author Unknown

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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other? – George Eliot

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