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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Poetry
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That sense of failure, I dont know where people put it who dont write songs and arent able to emote physically. It must go somewhere. – Sting

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Failure

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail. – Mike Murdock

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Failure

I have probably purchased fifty hot tips in my career, maybe even more. When I put them all together, I know I am a net loser. – Charles M. Schwab

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Failure

The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage. – Ethan Hawke

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Failure

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Better to start up a thousand wrong roads than to spend your life going nowhere because you know the way. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Self-Discovery

Im not really a morning person. – Steve Burton

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Morning

I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world. Perhaps the music-lovers of some of our larger cities equal the English, but I do not believe they can be surpassed in that respect. – John Philip Sousa

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respect

Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them, he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president. – Eliot Spitzer

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respect