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... success than Liza of Lambeth . But this was not in my ideas at all . I was ambitious . I had a feeling , I do not know where I got it , that you must not pursue a success , but fly from it ; and I had learnt from the French to set no ...
... success than Liza of Lambeth . But this was not in my ideas at all . I was ambitious . I had a feeling , I do not know where I got it , that you must not pursue a success , but fly from it ; and I had learnt from the French to set no ...
Page 182
... success spoils people by making them vain , egotistic and self - complacent is erroneous ; on the contrary it makes them , for the most part , humble , tolerant and kind . Failure makes people bitter and cruel . Success improves the ...
... success spoils people by making them vain , egotistic and self - complacent is erroneous ; on the contrary it makes them , for the most part , humble , tolerant and kind . Failure makes people bitter and cruel . Success improves the ...
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... success did not bring me all I had ex- pected or whether it was a natural reaction from success : I was but just firmly established as a popular playwright when I began to be obsessed by the teem- ing memories of my past life . The loss ...
... success did not bring me all I had ex- pected or whether it was a natural reaction from success : I was but just firmly established as a popular playwright when I began to be obsessed by the teem- ing memories of my past life . The loss ...
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