Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
For, so inconsistent is human nature, especially in the ideal, that not to undertake a thing at all seems better than to undertake and come short.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. John P. Jewett and Company, 1852, p. 148.
The French culture makes failure painful for individuals as the perception of others is very negative. America, in contrast, is much more forgiving about failure with people getting second and third chances commonly. Failure is necessary for great success in almost everything significant in that no one can be perfect and success often depends on resiliency to failure along the way.
This is not only true of many philosophers but also true of many politicians as well.
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. The book reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential for both her writings and her public stances and debates on social issues of the day.
