 | Literature - 1921 - 864 pages
...get Keats saying 'There is not a fiercer hell than the failure of a great object,' and George Eliot: 'The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.' The sages are just like the populace which produces proverbs. You can justify any course of action... | |
 | Francis Jacox - Bible - 1873 - 516 pages
...proof against that word, failure. He has seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear, he says, is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. As to just the amount of result a man may see from his particular work—that is a tremendous uncertainty : " the universe has not... | |
 | 1888 - 722 pages
...Same. There is no private lit'o which has not been determined by a wider public life. — George Eliot. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in...to be best. As to just the amount of result he may BOB from his particular work — that's a tremendous uncertainty. — Tht Same. The sublime delight... | |
 | Literature - 1876 - 732 pages
...perfect.— Anon. 12. Boys are always troublesome, especially from ten to thirty. — Sir Arthur Helps. i j. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. — "Felix Holt." 14. In mendicant fashion, we make the goodness of others a reason for exorbitant... | |
 | 1876 - 740 pages
...— Anon. i 2. Boys are always troublesome, especially from ten to thirty. — Sir Arthur Helps. 1 3. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. — "Felix Holt." 14. In mendicant fashion, we make the goodness of others a reason for exorbitant... | |
 | 1888 - 496 pages
...mistakes of others. "Felix Holt " declares " that he is proof against the word ' failure," for he has seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear...failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best." No shame should be keener than to know we have turned from the path of honor. No sorrow is deeper than... | |
 | 1883 - 614 pages
...' Yes, I know ; but — forgive me — to go on like this always seems to me very like failure.' ' The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best,' he answered, more lightly. 'There, I pass on to you some words of wisdom with which I often comfort... | |
 | George Eliot - 1885 - 404 pages
...parlors, a rank eligible for the church- wardenship, a discontented wife, and several unhopeful children.1 I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind...particular work — that's a tremendous uncertainty: the unive se has not been arranged for the gratification of his feelings. As long as a man sees and believes... | |
 | Calendars - 1886 - 216 pages
...shall not be utterly cast down : for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. — Ps. xxxvii. 23, 24. The only failure a man ought to fear, is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. GEORGE ELIOT. Not all who seem to fail have failed indeed ; Not all who fail have therefore worked... | |
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I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. 
