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MISTAKES: Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom. (Phyllis Therous)
MISTAKES: The best brewer sometimes makes bad beer. (German proverb)
MISTAKES: It is human to err, but it is devilish to remain willfully in error. (St. Augustine, Roman African, early Christian theologian and whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy, 354-430 A.D.)
MISTAKES: Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. (Chinese proverb)
MISTAKES: He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on the sea. (English proverb)
MISTAKES: Life is a series of relapses and recoveries. (George Ade, U.S. writer, 1866-1944)
MISTAKES: A mistake is not a failure, but rather it’s evidence that someone tried to do something. (Unknown source)
MISTAKES: Some of the best lessons are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future. (Dale Turner, U.S. singer-songwriter and rock musician, noted for his sophisticated song-craft)
MISTAKES: What is the use of running when you are on the wrong road? (Proverb)