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In science, it doesn't matter if you're wrong, as long as you're not stupid. In business, it doesn't matter if read more
In science, it doesn't matter if you're wrong, as long as you're not stupid. In business, it doesn't matter if you're stupid, so long as you're not wrong.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
[Lat., Injuriarum remedium est oblivio.]
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
[Lat., Injuriarum remedium est oblivio.]
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I read more
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
While man's desires and aspirations stir,
He can not choose but err.
[Ger., Es irrt der Mensch read more
While man's desires and aspirations stir,
He can not choose but err.
[Ger., Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt.]
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's error than from his
virtues.
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's error than from his
virtues.
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.
