quote · Legacy record
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time we fall. A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time we fall. A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.
Approximate author period: c. 1751 AD · early modern
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- Oliver Goldsmith
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- Approximate author period: c. 1751 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1728–1774)
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- Life and Literature (copyright 1910) (1910 AD)
Number 1223 · printed citation: Goldsmith
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