A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from October 17, 2012
“Success goes to your head, failure to your heart”

Entry in progress—B.P.
 
Google Books
Peter’s Quotations:
Ideas for Our Times

By Laurence J. Peter
New York, NY: Quill/Morrow
1992
Pg. 188:
Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure. — Bertrand Russell (Success goes to your head, failure to your heart.)
 
Google Books
My Few Wise Wotds Of Wisdom
By Charles Walker
London: Millenium
2000
Pg. 69:
Success goes to your head, failure to your heart.—Bertrand Russell
 
Google Books
Thinking for Yourself:
Developing Critical Thinking Skills Through Reading and Writing

By Marlys Mayfield
Boston, MA: Wadsworth: CENGAGE Learning
2010
Pg. 182:
Success goes to the head, but losing goes to the heart.
 

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityWork/Businesses • Wednesday, October 17, 2012 • Permalink


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