tried quotes

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.

-Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith)
  What's Wrong with the World, ch.1,'The Unfinished Temple'.

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has yet found a way to drink for a living.

-Kerr,Jean ne¤  e  Collins
  Poor Richard, act1.

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

-Lincoln, Abraham
  Speech, NewYork, 27 Feb.

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