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Mistakes24 quotes
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake · 1793To err is human, to forgive divine. — Alexander Pope · 1711You live and learn. At any rate, you live. — Douglas Adams · 1992Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Man will err while yet he strives. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808As she frequently remarked when she made any such mistake, it would be all the same a hundred years hence. — Charles Dickens · 1838All 24 quotes →Learning from mistakes7 quotes
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake · 1793You live and learn. At any rate, you live. — Douglas Adams · 1992Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. — William Blake · 1793A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. — James Joyce · 1922Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy. — Thomas Carlyle · 1828All 7 quotes →Life experience3 quotes
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy. — Thomas Carlyle · 1828Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. — Oscar Wilde · 1892Fools2 quotes
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. — William Blake · 1793Inevitability of mistakes2 quotes
Man will err while yet he strives. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808All men are liable to error, and most men are in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. — John Locke · 1690Wisdom2 quotes
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake · 1793If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. — William Blake · 1793Actions have consequences1 quote
Some mistakes I guess we never stop paying for. — Roy Hobbs · 1984Admitting mistakes1 quote
Now there comes a point when a reasonable man will swallow his pride and admit he's made a terrible mistake. The truth is…I was never a reasonable man. — Edward Bloom · 2003Artistic process1 quote
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. — Salvador Dali · 1965Excess1 quote
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake · 1793Forgetfulness1 quote
Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders. — Mary · 2004Forgiveness1 quote
To err is human, to forgive divine. — Alexander Pope · 1711Genius1 quote
A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. — James Joyce · 1922Going for it1 quote
When I make a mistake, it's a beaut! — Fiorello La Guardia · 1976Human fallibility1 quote
Errors are not in the art, but in the artificers. — Isaac Newton · 1687Human nature1 quote
To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish. — Benjamin Franklin · 1742Learning1 quote
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Perspective1 quote
As she frequently remarked when she made any such mistake, it would be all the same a hundred years hence. — Charles Dickens · 1838Reasonableness1 quote
Now there comes a point when a reasonable man will swallow his pride and admit he's made a terrible mistake. The truth is…I was never a reasonable man. — Edward Bloom · 2003Science1 quote
Errors are not in the art, but in the artificers. — Isaac Newton · 1687