Quote#Success & Failure
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often…
Quote bySamuel Smiles · 1812–1904
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct (1859), Ch. XI : Self-Culture — Facilities and Difficulties.
English (original)
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
— Samuel Smiles
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