The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might ha…

H. G. Wells
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The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other. ✨ H. G. Wells (2015). The Rights of Man, p.25, Penguin UK
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The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other. ✨ H. G. Wells (2015). The Rights of Man, p.25, Penguin UK

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