Failure after long perseverance is much grander Posted on October 30, 2011October 30, 2006 by admin “Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.” — George Eliot Author: George Eliot Category: failure Tags: failure, George Eliot Spread the love Related posts: The only failure one should fear, is There is only one failure in life Even when you have doubts, take that Failure is unfortunately as common as success.