The moral flabbiness born of the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess success. That-with the squalid cash interpretation put on the word success-is our national disease.

William James

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Topic

Success Love of money

Author

William James

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Psychologist Academic Philosopher

From

United States

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Citation

James, William. Letter to H. G. Wells. 11 Sept. 1906.

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Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Ecce Homo
Genre
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Language
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Time
1908 1900s 20th century
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Ecce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist [Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is]. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1908.

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

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Topic
Success and failure Success Failure
Speaker
Michael Jordan
Medium
TV commercial
Language
English
Time
1997 1990s 20th century
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Citation

"Failure." Directed by Mark Romanek. Performed by Michael Jordan. Nike, May 1997.