Icarus

is a figure who ought not feel regret for his fall, for the greatest tragedy of them all is never to feel the burning light.

Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light. Oscar Wilde

is a story whose moral is not "don't fly too close to the sun," but rather, "build better wings!"

In Greek myth, Icarus flew too high and his wings melted. What is the moral' Don't fly too close to the sun' Or is it, as I choo-se to believe: build better wings.

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