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  1. A quotation from Victor Hugo

    He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs.
     
    [Il avait glissé, grimpé, roulé, cherché, marché, persévéré, voilà tout. Secret de tous les triomphes.]

    Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French writer, journalist, human rights activist, politician
    The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 1, Book 3, ch. 1 (1.3.1) (1869) [tr. Unknown, Authorized (1871)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/85611/

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  2. A quotation from The Talmud

    It is not yours to finish the task, but neither are you free to set it aside.
     
    לֹא עָלֶיךָ הַמְּלָאכָה לִגְמֹר, וְלֹא אַתָּה בֶן חוֹרִין לִבָּטֵל מִמֶּנָּה.


    The Talmud (AD 200-500) Collection of Jewish rabbinical writings
    Mishnah, Pirkei Avot [Ethics of the Fathers; פִּרְקֵי אָבוֹת] 2:16

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/talmud/35632/

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