The real voyage of discovery consists not of finding new lands but of seeing the territory with new eyes. One man gives freely yet gains even more. Another withholds unduly but comes to poverty. Where there is no vision, the people perish. So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Any failure seems so total.
Later on you realize you can have another go. Learning to learn is to know what to ignore but at the same time not rejecting innovation and research. History is the study of mankind's misfortunes.