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When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved.

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The wisest man I have ever known once said to me: 'Nine out of every ten people improve on acquaintance,' and I have found his words true.

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The man who fails because he aims astray or because he does not aim at all is to be found everywhere.

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No man can be satisfied with his attainment, although he may be satisfied with his circumstances.

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Frank Arthur Swinnerton

Frank Arthur Swinnerton

Born: August 12, 1884
Died: November 6, 1982 (aged 98)
Bio: Frank Arthur Swinnerton was an English novelist, critic, biographer and essayist.
Known for:
  1. Tokefield Papers - Old and New (1927)
  2. Swinnerton: An Autobiography (1936)
  3. September (1919)
  4. In the Night (1917)
  5. The Three Lovers (1922)

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