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verb • draw from specific cases for more general cases • speak or write in generalities • cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use • become systemic and spread throughout the body | ||||||||
| 28% | 10 | Platitude that suggests if something can fail, it probably will fail | ||||||
noun • humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong | ||||||||
| 28% | 13 | Famous for his quote 'Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.' | ||||||
noun • a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989) | ||||||||
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