Succeeds

Famous quotes containing the word succeeds:

“Extreme patience and persistence are required,
Yet everybody succeeds at this before being handed
The surprise box lunch of the rest of his life.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“Moderation is a fatal thing.... Nothing succeeds like excess.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“Man, “poor player,” succeeds better in life’s tragedy than comedy.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)