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«Who misses, or who wins the prize?Go, lose and conquer as you can:But if you fail, or if you rise,Be each, pray God, a gentleman.»
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray (Author, Novelist) | Keywords: misses, prize, The Prize, wins
«The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr. (Lawyer, Philosopher) | About: Superstition | Keywords: hits, misses
«What a man misses mostly in heaven is company»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: company, misses, mostly
«There is no arguing with Johnson; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it»
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist, Poet) | Keywords: butt, butt end, Johnson, knocks, misses, pistol
«The archer who overshoots misses as well as he that falls short»
Author: Proverb | Keywords: Archer, misses, overshoots, overshot, The Archer
«The picture of a flower in a botanical book is information; its mission ends with our knowledge. But in pure art it is a personal communication. And therefore until it finds its harmony in the depth of our personality it misses the mark. We can treat»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore (Essayist, Playwright, Poet) | About: Art | Keywords: botanical, misses, picture book
«There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.»
Author: Robert Frost | Keywords: arguing, butt, butt end, knocks, misses, pistol, pistols
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