Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors than from his virtues.
- Topic: Failure, Virtue
- Location: Hawaii, Maui
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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