Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 7 comments
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tiny.ag/hvtbkoet · ★★☆☆ Fair (32 ratings) · submitted 1997
When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong -- or you are absolutely right.
tiny.ag/pyfjvpn5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (79 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
tiny.ag/dncdjxtf · ★★☆☆ Fair (55 ratings) · submitted 1997
No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one.
tiny.ag/5hnyq46s · ★★☆☆ Fair (22 ratings) · submitted 1997
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
tiny.ag/nvfl7j9k · ★★☆☆ Fair (522 ratings) · submitted 1997
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
tiny.ag/kiehwrll · ★★☆☆ Fair (673 ratings) · submitted 1997
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
tiny.ag/rxjp4mey · ★★☆☆ Fair (324 ratings) · submitted 1997
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
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/lmbiznpc · ★★☆☆ Fair (371 ratings) · submitted 1997
It's not over until it's over.
tiny.ag/tmknh1db · ★★☆☆ Fair (163 ratings) · submitted 1997
99% of the game is half mental.
tiny.ag/8aevknh4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (877 ratings) · submitted 1999
A ship doesn't travel far in a calm sea.
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/ogrpomi2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (133 ratings) · submitted 1997
Spel chekers, hoo neeeds em?
tiny.ag/u5mb79tw · ★★☆☆ Fair (232 ratings) · submitted 1997
Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.
James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan, in Success and Failure
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/iuvg5od2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (37 ratings) · submitted 1997
A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected; a carefully planned project will take only twice as long.
tiny.ag/ow0faywn · ★★☆☆ Fair (15 ratings) · submitted 1997
A conceited person never gets anywhere because he thinks he is already there.
tiny.ag/27fahwgf · ★★☆☆ Fair (29 ratings) · submitted 1997
A computer can make as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working for 20 years.
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