Try and fail,but don't fail to try. Author: John Quincy Adams Copy Quote More from John Quincy Adams “This is the last of earth! I am content.” “In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, an…” “If slavery be the destined sword of the hand of the destroying angel which is t…” “Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be …”