Jerome Klapka Jerome. Idle thoughts of an idle man (№ 272853)

To the ambitious man life is a great game; the game is very challenging, full of self-control and tact; a game in which in the end wins the one with a keen eye and a steady hand, though full of random, which gives it an excellent flavor of unpredictability. And if he is defeated, the reward to him the very joy of fight; though he lost the race, but at least took part in it. <...> It is better to do something and fail, than waking life.