Perseverance is to courage what the wheel is to the lever; it is a perpetual renewal of the fulcrum. Whether the objective be on earth or in heaven, the only thing that matters is to make for that objective; the former case is for Columbus, the latter for Jesus. The cross is mad: hence its glory. To achieve suffering and triumph, it is necessary to leave no room for argument with one’s conscience and to allow no relaxation of one’s will. In the sphere of morality a fall does not exclude the possibility of soaring. A fall is the starting point of a rise. The second-rate allow themselves to be
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