Go mbí do chaolán amuigh agat. (‘May your small intestine be forced out of you.’)
“He was an anti-colonial colonial officer.”
― Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement
― Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement
“Failure is the real teacher as long as you view it in hindsight and figure out what went wrong. I would much prefer someone tell me what I did wrong than to receive patronizing praise from them. I can fix the problems they mention, and though praise feels good, it doesn't teach me anything.”
― Man & Horse: The Long Ride Across America
― Man & Horse: The Long Ride Across America
“It is easy to surpass a predecessor, but difficult to avoid being surpassed by a successor.”
― Musashi
― Musashi
“We learn from failure, not from success!”
― Dracula
― Dracula
“that knowledge is stronger than memory,”
― Dracula
― Dracula
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