Ocupation: Writer
Life: April 10, 1778 - September 18, 1830
Birthday: April 10
Death: September 18
One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a chance of winning it.
source: William Hazlitt (1822). “Table-talk Or Original Essays. - London, Colburn 1822”, p.149
topic: Failure, Winning, Games, Losing A Game