“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”

— Mrs Patrick Campbell

No definite source has been found for this statement; though most often attributed to Sir Winston Churchill, and sometimes to Abraham Lincoln, it has only rarely been attributed to Campbell.
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British stage actress 1895–1940

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