mistake - quotes

Henry James, 1843-1916

was a British (US -born) author

She had an unequalled gift... of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.

Frank Lloyd Wright, 1869-1959

was an US architect

The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines — so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.

( New York Times, October 4, 1953 )

Friedrich (Wilhelm) Nietzsche, 1844-1900

was a German philosopher

They punish you for all your virtues. They forgive you entirely—your mistakes.

Friedrich (Wilhelm) Nietzsche, 1844-1900

was a German philosopher

Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man's?

( “Twilight of the idols, or, How to philosophize with a hammer”, “Maxims and Arrows”, 1888 )

Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826

was a 3rd president of US

Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.