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Second Best Quotes by Doris Lessing
- There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.
- There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best
More Second Best Quotes
- I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series. — Tommy Lasorda
- Real life is, to most men, a long second best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible. — Bertrand Russell
- If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem. — Julius Erving
- People don't pay much attention to you when you are second best. I wanted to see what it felt like to be… — Florence Griffith Joyner
- Why be second best at anything? — Paul Heyman
- They're the second best team in the world, and there's no higher praise than that. — Kevin Keegan
- When you ask one friend to dine, Give him your best wine! When you ask two, The second best will do! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow