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philosophybits: “Failure is a very condition of life; one can never dream of eliminating it without immediately dreaming of death. This does not mean that one should consent to failure, but rather one must consent to struggle against it without . . .

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“Failure is a very condition of life; one can never dream of eliminating it without immediately dreaming of death. This does not mean that one should consent to failure, but rather one must consent to struggle against it without respite.”

— Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity

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