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A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing
One deviates to the right, another to the left; the error is the same with all, but it deceives them in different ways
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it
When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie
There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational
Man errs as long as he strives
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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