Quote#Time
"All honor to him who shall win the prize,"
Quote byJoaquin Miller · 1837–1913
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "For Those Who Fail" in Memorie and Rime (1884), p. 237..
English (original)
"All honor to him who shall win the prize," The world has cried for a thousand years; But to him who tries, and who fails and dies, I give great honor and glory and tears.Give glory and honor and pitiful tears To all who fail in their deeds sublime; Their ghosts are many in the van of years, They were born with Time in advance of Time.
— Joaquin Miller
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