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Failing Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism, as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking.
- Shrewd and crafty politicians, when they wish to bring about an unpopular measure, must not go straight forward to work, if they do they will…
- Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they…
- To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us -…
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- I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel, that is… — Michele Bachmann
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- We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell
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