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Failure: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.— BURNS — It Was a' for our Rightfu' King.

Stat magni nominis umbra. . He stands the shadow of a mighty name.— LUCAN — Pharsalia. I. 135.

Vertentem sese, frustra sectabere cantum Cum rota posterior curras et in axe secundo. Thou, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst Still to be near but never to be first.— PERSIUS — Satiræ. V. 71. Dryden's

trans. Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certe Laus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est. Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.— PROPERTIUS — Elegiæ. II. 10. 5.

Fuimus Troes; fuit Ilium. We have been Trojans; Troy was.— VIRGIL — Eneid. II. 324.