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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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I think Ive always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success. – Amy Tan

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Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if youre not willing to confront failure, you can never find out how good you are. – Peter Guber

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Success and failure are greatly overrated. But failure gives you a whole lot more to talk about. – Hildegard Knef

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Theres something to be said for failing. Its not the failure you feel, its the failure that people project when something disappoints. Youre back to ground zero, where theres no expectations, and thats where I like to be. – Kevin Smith

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Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress. – John Clapham, A Concise Economic History of Britain, 1957

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I want to be more successful as a mother than I am in show business. – Celine Dion

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Information is not knowledge. – Albert Einstein

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Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things. – Plautus

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