Success Through Failure

'To fail elegantly is a greater success
than to have to succeed
and [to] never have to admit to failure.
In your élan [as you fail] you will learn more
about yourself and know yourself
beyond the definition of others...
your self-definition will shape
how others see you...  that is why
failure is more successful than success.'.

 - Quentin Crisp

'The Elegance Of Failure vs The Pride In 'Achievement'

'To fail elegantly is a greater success
than to have to succeed
and never have to admit to failure.
In your élan you will learn more
about yourself and know yourself
beyond the definition of others...
your self-definition will shape
how others see you...  that is why
failure is more successful than success.'
 - Quentin Crisp