“In algorithms, as in life, persistence usually pays off.”— Steven S. Skiena Related Quotes “Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they might have been.”— William Hazlitt “Life is a sage’s university”— “Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.”— Francois Fenelon