a detail that doesn't contradict anything you said but may be useful for someone unfamiliar with it: "avoid success at all costs" is usually meant to be parsed

a detail that doesn't contradict anything you said but may be useful for someone unfamiliar with it: "avoid success at all costs" is usually meant to be parsed as "avoid [success at all costs]" i.e. don't compromise the language just to make it more popular. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12056169 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12056169