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Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
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He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.
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Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
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... if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.
Schneier, Bruce (2005) -
A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.
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Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
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Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Gold has worked down from Alexander's time... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory.
Bernard M. Baruch
American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965) -
He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
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He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.
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I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
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If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything.
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Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.
The Poisonwood Bible -
It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out of what is already there so that it soon becomes an old acquaintance. Old acquaintances aren't by any means always welcome, but at least one can't be mistaken as to who or what they are.
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Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.
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My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town.
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No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination.
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No one is offended at not seeing everything; but one does not like to be mistaken, and that perhaps arises from the fact that man naturally cannot see everything, and that naturally he cannot err in the side he looks at, since the perceptions of our senses are always true.
Pensees (1669) -
Our work for human dignity is often lonely, and almost always an uphill climb. At times, our efforts are misunderstood, and we are mistaken for the enemy. There has been a clear erosion of respect for U.N. blue and our impartiality.
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