The phrase "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again", has a lot more naturally occurring truth than meets the eye. As well as being just about the most ill-informed, easily applied 'proverb' that does very little to realise some humans actually have a temper, it does speak some truth. But what is most interesting, is that just by saying it, you're implying that there's always a chance you're first attempt at something new won't be ...