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Lillian Hellman Quotes: But success and failure are not true opposites, and they're not even in the same class. I mean, they're not even a couch and a chair.
         

But success and failure are not true opposites, and they're not even in the same class. I mean, they're not even a couch and a chair.


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This page presents the quote "But success and failure are not true opposites, and they're not even in the same class. I mean, they're not even a couch and a chair.". Author of this quote is Lillian Hellman. This quote is about success, class, success and failure, opposites, mean, chairs,.