“ Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure. ”
Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit (1857). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
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| Source | Little Dorrit |
| Topic | failure learning |
| Date | 1857 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/963/963-h/963-h.htm |
Context
“I know what that is. It affects the whole machine, and failure is the consequence. You will profit by the failure, and will avoid it another time. I have done a similar thing myself, in construction, often. Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure. So much for firstly. Secondly. I was sorry you should have taken it so heavily to heart, and reproached yourself so severely; I was travelling home night and day to put matters right, with the assistance of our friend, when I fell in with our friend as he has informed you.”
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