A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

Get married, but never to a man who is home all day

Get married, but never to a man who is home all day

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and...

LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and...

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete...

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete...

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.

Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.

People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make...

People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make...