"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."

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"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."

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"The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages."

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