“We learn wisdom from failure more than from success: we often discover what…”

We learn wisdom from failure more than from success: we often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and he who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

Samuel Smiles Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct, 1859

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Samuel Smiles 1812–1904 · Scottish author and reformer whose book Self-Help (1859) championed perseverance, thrift and personal effort. Wikipedia