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Benjamin Robert Haydon: The first proof of a man's incapacity for anything is his endeavouring to fix…

The first proof of a man's incapacity for anything is his endeavouring to fix the stigma of failure upon others.

In today’s wordsThe first proof that someone is incapable of something is that he tries to pin the stigma of failure on others.

Benjamin Robert HaydonCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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