In plain words
Getting up one more time than you fall. That's the whole trick.
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Where these words come from
- 82% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Traditional Japanese idiom, 七転び八起き (nana korobi ya oki)
- traditional Japanese proverb — nana korobi ya oki (七転び八起き)
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