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Quote by W. C. Fields
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.
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The quote first encourages persistence: failure on the first attempt is not a reason to stop. It then undercuts that advice with a blunt warning that repeated effort is not always sensible. The point is to keep trying, but not indefinitely when continuing would be foolish or pointless.
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- The Joker Is Wild: The Story of Joe E. Lewis (Random House, 1955), p. 134
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