A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it is a sign that he has tried to surpass himself.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Georges Clemenceau, (Sep 28 1841-1929), French statesman; He was the forceful wartime premier of France, 1917-20; opposed leniency toward Germany after WW I.