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To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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It was a real hand-to-mouth existence in those early days - I'd have whatever dry cereal there was in the house for breakfast, 30 cents to spend on lunch and a hot dog for dinner. I did that for years. So there was definitely a hunger in me, of various kinds, to succeed. ↗

— Neil Diamond

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Nothing succeeds, they say, like success. And certainly nothing fails like failure. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

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Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have? ↗

— Eminem

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To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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You may succeed in your policy and ensure your own damnation, by your victory. ↗

— James Larkin

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Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public. ↗