Samuel Beckett’s Mantra: “Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better.”
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| Samuel Beckett, 1977 | Photo: Roger Pic © Public Domain |
"The name of Samuel Beckett may not, at first, strike you as an obvious answer — unless, of course, you know the origin of the phrase "Fail better." It appears five times in Beckett's 1983 story "Worstward Ho," the first of which goes like this:
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again."
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