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If at first you don't succeed... (lemmy.world)
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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 48 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I like the old line, "If at first you don't succeed, try again, and again...Then give up. There's no point in making a fool of yourself."

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure this was used in a beer advert in the UK in the 90s or early 00s

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I heard it from 1920s movie star W. C. Fields.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

My grandmother told me this when I kept falling off my dinosaur.