The mystery of life is not solved by success, which is an end in itself, but in failure, in perpetual struggle, in becoming.

Patrick White

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Topic

Failure Adversity

Speaker

Le Mesurier

Author

Patrick White

Source

Voss

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

White, Patrick. Voss. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957, ch. 10.

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The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so.

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Topic
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Author

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilder, Thornton. The Matchmaker. 4 Nov. 1954, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, act 2.

Current Citation

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Another quote about Adversity

The way to bliss lies not on beds of down,
And he that had no cross deserves no crown.

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Topic
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Author

Francis Quarles
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1621 1620s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Quarles, Francis. Hadassa; or the History of Queene Ester. London: Richard Moore, 1621, sec. 9, meditation 9.