“If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.”– Lucius Annaeus Seneca Related Quotes “I have great faith in fools self-confidence my friends call it.”– Edgar Allan Poe “The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”– William James “Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.”– Gilbert K. Chesterton