"I think the company's [HP's] success will be my legacy. The company's failure will be my failure, with all the predictable consequences of that."

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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give... You will find that people forget the failures of others very quickly.... My last piece of advice is not to let anyone see your mortification, but whatever you fancy people are saying about you to go on with your ordinary life as though nothing unpleasant had happened to you.

— W. Somerset Maugham