A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
-Alexander Pope
"Swift: Miscellanies"
Quotations
Mistake
A human being is absolutely independent; therefore whatever happens to him
is completely his own responsibility. The one who holds others responsible,
repeatedly commits the same mistakes again and again.
-Deep Trivedi
Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
-Sophia Loren
I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.
-John Peel
Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress.
-Robert Brault
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
-George Bernard Shaw
Tomorrow, every fault is to be amended; but that tomorrow never comes.
-Benjamin Franklin
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
-Elbert Hubbard
"The Note Book"
That's not serious; it's just human.
-Jerry Kopke
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
