William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Slander lives upon succession, For ever housed where it gets possession."
Succession quotes
Succession
19 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Thornton Wilder
Playwright, Novelist, Poet
"Every person who has ever lived has lived an unbroken succession of unique occasions."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days"
Samuel Beckett
Playwright, Novelist
"Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits."
Francis Bacon
Philosopher, Statesman
"If I sit and daydream, the images rush by like a succession of colored slides."
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"Succession planning often results in the selection of a weaker representation of yourself."
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"Is there a necessary succession in style, or are these things pure chance?"
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"Life is but a continual succession of opportunities for surviving."
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