Quotes about Mistakes

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“We can afford almost any mistake once.”
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“To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.”
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“A man's errors are his portals of discovery.”
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“We are built to make mistakes, coded for error.”
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“Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.”
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“I love fools experiments. I am always making them.”
Verifiedrecollection by E. Ray Lankester, from his essay "Charles Robert Darwin" in C.D. Warner, editor, Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern (R.S. Peale & J.A. Hill, New York, 1896) volume 2, pages 4835-4393, at page 4391 · evidenceMistakes
“He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.”
VerifiedSelf-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct (1859) · evidenceMistakes
“An old error is always more popular than a new truth.”
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“Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.”
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“We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes.”
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“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
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“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.”
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