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Ask HN: What are you Words of Wisdom?

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Curious what favorite quotes folks around here live by, often think about, or repeat to themselves on a daily basis.

Even if it's only "a favorite", what are yours?

I've amassed a few on my user profile here, and I always keep a ~/quotes.txt on my machines (though I'm not quite organized enough to periodically sync them to a central place).

I'll appreciate any indulgence you afford me and gems you share :)

Thank you!

I'll kick it off with:

> "People look at failure much more carefully than they look at success."

> Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34042340

This is so true, also applies to what you say. One wrong sentence and you will be judged by it for years.

Old coders never die, they just GO SUB WITHOUT RETURN!

Few worthwhile projects are ever successful on the first attempt.

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