Failed Attempts

Famous quotes containing the words failed and/or attempts:

    “An earthly dog of the carriage breed;
    Who, having failed of the modern speed,
    Now asked asylum and I was stirred
    To be the one so dog-preferred.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “[Allegory] is a flight by which the human wit attempts at one and the same time to investigate two objects, and consequently is fitted only to the most exalted geniuses.”
    —Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)