Quotes with blunder

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  • Joseph Addison An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Carl Sandburg Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.
    Ever the Winds of Chance (1983)
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Jerome K. Jerome It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.
    Jerome K. Jerome
    British Humorous Writer, Novelist, Playwright (1859 - 1927)
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  • William Ellery Channing We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.
    William Ellery Channing
    American Unitarian minister (1780 - 1842)
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  • Marianne Moore When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.
    Marianne Moore
    American poet (1887 - 1972)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Youth is a blunder, manhood is a struggle and old age a regret.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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