"It is only through the force of circumstances that we are convinced with certainty of a missed thing; only failure can edify us surely and definitively. Which is in a way equivalent to saying that, in anything, to reach certainty you have to go all the way. That is, until failure. In other words, only failure completes, gives meaning to our life, only failure crowns our work. To stop, to barricade yourself at a point other than this, may mean not exhausting your possibilities, not fully realizing yourself.
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Vladan DesnicaAll Translations
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It is only through the force of circumstances that we are convinced with certainty of a missed thing; only failure can edify us surely and definitively. Which is in a way equivalent to saying that, in anything, to reach certainty you have to go all the way. That is, until failure. In other words, only failure completes, gives meaning to our life, only failure crowns our work. To stop, to barricade yourself at a point other than this, may mean not exhausting your possibilities, not fully realizing yourself.
""Doar prin forța împrejurărilor ne convingem cu certitudine de un lucru ratat; numai insuccesul ne poate edifica sigur și definitiv. Ceea ce echivalează într-un fel cu a spune că, în orice, ca să ajungi la certitudine trebuie să mergi până la capăt. Adică până la eșec. Cu alte cuvinte, abia eșecul desăvârșește, dă sens vieții noastre, abia eșecul ne încununează opera. A te opri, a te baricada în alt punct decât acesta, poate să însemne a nu-ți epuiza posibilitățile, a nu te realiza în întregime."