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Quote with a portrait of Lester Frank Ward.

“It is the misfortune of all truly great minds to be wedded to errors as well as to truths.” — Lester Frank Ward, Dynamic Sociology

Author YahooeyPosted on June 18, 2021June 14, 2021Categories QuotationsTags errors, great minds, Lester Frank Ward, truthsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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All errors which he is likely to commit against advice and warning, are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain him to what they deem his good.

“All errors which he is likely to commit against advice and warning, are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain him to what they deem his good.” — John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

Author YahooeyPosted on February 22, 2018February 12, 2018Categories QuotationsTags advice, constraints, errors, freedom, John Stuart Mill, liberty, mistakes, warningsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

“He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.” — George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections

Author YahooeyPosted on May 8, 2016May 4, 2016Categories QuotationsTags chance, errors, fear of failure, George Savile, luck, perfectionism, Political Moral and Miscellaneous ReflectionsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

“When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.” — George Bernard Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra

Author YahooeyPosted on July 26, 2015July 5, 2015Categories QuotationsTags bureaucracy, Caesar and Cleopatra, duty, errors, George Bernard Shaw, shame1 Comment on Quote of the Day

Oops!

Red X Sometimes,
I am very passionately,
very wrong.

Author YahooeyPosted on July 10, 2015Categories Not So Random ThoughtsTags errors2 Comments on Oops!

Quote of the Day

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.

“Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.” — Max Beerbohm, Saturday Review (1904-11-05)

Author YahooeyPosted on August 24, 2013March 30, 2017Categories QuotationsTags errors, genius, Max Beerbohm, mediocrity, mistakes, Saturday ReviewLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Failure: A man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.

“Failure: A man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.” — Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams

Author YahooeyPosted on December 11, 2012January 1, 2019Categories QuotationsTags blunder, Book of Epigrams, Elbert Hubbard, errors, experience, failure, learn, The Roycroft Dictionary, The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of EpigramsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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I think most men had rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.

“I think most men had rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.” — Josh Billings, The Complete Works of Josh Billings

Author YahooeyPosted on November 27, 2012January 8, 2019Categories QuotationsTags blunder, errors, Josh Billings, malice, mistakesLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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