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When I was a young man I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure so I did ten times more work.

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When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

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I want to be thoroughly used up when I die for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.