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.
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.