In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Le succes de la plupart des choses depend de bien savoir combien il faut de temps pour reussir.

Montesquieu

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Success Persistence

Author

Montesquieu

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1755 1750s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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France Europe

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Citation

Montesquieu. Pensees et fragments inedits De Montesquieu [Thoughts and Unpublished Fragments of Montesquieu]. G. Gounouilhou, 1901.

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The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

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Thomas Gray
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Medium
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Time
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Gray, Thomas. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. London: Robert Dodsley, 1751.

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

Michael Jordan

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Success and failure Success Failure
Speaker
Michael Jordan
Medium
TV commercial
Language
English
Time
1997 1990s 20th century
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"Failure." Directed by Mark Romanek. Performed by Michael Jordan. Nike, May 1997.

Another quote originally in French

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and smug in "the social," our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial coziness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful parade of television pictures.

Jean Baudrillard

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Modern life

Author

Jean Baudrillard
Source
Cool Memories
Language
French
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Baudrillard, Jean. Cool Memories: 1980-1985. Editions Galilee, 1987, ch. 1.