Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/36xg9wvl · ★★☆☆ Fair (374 ratings) · submitted 1997
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
Nicholas Murray Butler, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/ivbmwcle · ★★☆☆ Fair (123 ratings) · submitted 1997
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
tiny.ag/varfwyts · ★★☆☆ Fair (58 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
tiny.ag/opp6altk · ★★☆☆ Fair (680 ratings) · submitted 1997
Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Love and Hate and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/snlzrsu1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (741 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hatred: A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Love and Hate and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/imyvlox8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (481 ratings) · submitted 1997
Misfortune: The kind of fortune that never misses.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/tmknh1db · ★★☆☆ Fair (163 ratings) · submitted 1997
99% of the game is half mental.
tiny.ag/hdkst9q4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (445 ratings) · submitted 1997
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
tiny.ag/pdvztxjj · ★★☆☆ Fair (149 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can run with the big dogs or sit on the porch and bark.
tiny.ag/shbtdjjo · ★★☆☆ Fair (230 ratings) · submitted 1997
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
tiny.ag/ljsjuhkx · ★★☆☆ Fair (826 ratings) · submitted 1997
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/kgnv53qx · ★★☆☆ Fair (3070 ratings) · submitted 1997
Truth comes out of error more easily than out of confusion.
Francis Bacon, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/uhmdmobz · ★★☆☆ Fair (3116 ratings) · submitted 1997
As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep your eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole!
tiny.ag/pgsxbect · ★★☆☆ Fair (179 ratings) · submitted 1998
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it's been though a blender first.
Les Barker, An Infinite Number of Occasional Tables, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/lmbiznpc · ★★☆☆ Fair (371 ratings) · submitted 1997
It's not over until it's over.
tiny.ag/4ocga7zg · ★★☆☆ Fair (88 ratings) · submitted 1997
I have made mistakes, but have never made the mistake of claiming I never made one.
tiny.ag/gdmyudjb · ★★☆☆ Fair (104 ratings) · submitted 1997
It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give up because by that time I was too famous.
tiny.ag/gwiaxqqe · ★★☆☆ Fair (436 ratings) · submitted 1997
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
tiny.ag/rxjp4mey · ★★☆☆ Fair (324 ratings) · submitted 1997
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
tiny.ag/wpy86lpb · ★★☆☆ Fair (881 ratings) · submitted 1997
Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.
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