“There are many victories worse than a defeat.”
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I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.
You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.
Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.