Succeeds

Famous quotes containing the word succeeds:

“Invention flags, his brain goes muddy,
And black despair succeeds brown study.”
—William Congreve (1670–1729)

“Extreme patience and persistence are required,
Yet everybody succeeds at this before being handed
The surprise box lunch of the rest of his life.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“Moderation is a fatal thing.... Nothing succeeds like excess.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)