"It is only possible to succeed at second-rate……" — Malcolm Muggeridge

"It is only possible to succeed at second-rate pursuitslikebecoming a millionaire or a prime minister, winning a war, seducing beautiful women, flying thought the stratosphere or landing on themoon. First-rate pursuitsinvolving, as they must, trying to understand what lifeis about and trying to convey that understandinginevitably result in a sense of failure. A Napoleon, a Churchill, a Roosevelt can feelthemselves to be successful, but never a Socrates, a Pascal,a Blake. Understanding is for ever unattainable. Therein liesthe inevitablility of failure in embarking upon its quest, which is none the less the only one worthy of serious attention."

— Malcolm Muggeridge

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